Aquatic community characteristics influence th foraging patterns of tree swallows

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 210-213

  Mccarty, John P ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

experimental pond communities; foraging; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree Swallow; trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; INSECTA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 0030947797     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370241     Document Type: Article

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