Eastern towhee numbers increase following defoliation by gypsy moths

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 708-716

  Bell, Jennifer L ^a   Whitmore, Robert C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; EASTERN TOWHEE; GYPSY MOTH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION FLUCUATION;

USA; WEST VIRGINIA;

AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 0030883699     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089290     Document Type: Article

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