Association of within-territory vegetation characteristics and fitness components of California Gnatcatchers

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 601-609

  Braden, Gerald T ^a   McKernan, Robert L ^a   Powell, Shawn M ^b  

^a San Bernardino County Museum   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER; FITNESS; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

POLIOPTILA CALIFORNICA; POLIOPTILA CALIFORNICA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0030964496     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089279     Document Type: Article

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