Patterns of frugivory and energetic condition in nearctic landbirds during autumn migration

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 681-697

  Parrish, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary plasticity; Frugivory; Migration; Nearctic Neotropical migrants; Stopover ecology

Indexed keywords

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; NEARCTIC; PHEUCTICUS LUDOVICIANUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; VIREO OLIVACEUS;

EID: 0030857857     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370480     Document Type: Article

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