Nut caching by blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata L.): Implications for tree demography

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 357-370

  Johnson, W Carter ^a   Adkisson, Curtis S ^b   Crow, Thomas R ^c   Dixon, Mark D ^d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCITTA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0030829833     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426828     Document Type: Article

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