Austral migrants and the evolution of migration in New World birds: Diet, habitat, and migration revisited

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-319

  Terry Chesser, R ^a,c   Levey, Douglas J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Zoology University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Habitat use; Migration; Resource variability

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0031827088     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286171     Document Type: Article

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