Foraging patch selection by shrubsteppe sparrows

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1160-1173

  Rotenberry, John T ^a   Wiens, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphispiza belli; Artemisia tridentata; Chrysothamnus nauseosus; Chrysothamnus viscidiflora; Environmental tracking; Foraging; Great Basin; Northwestern; Oregon; Patch selection; Shrubsteppe; Spizella breweri

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PATCH USE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMPHISPIZA BELLI; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; CHRYSOTHAMNUS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS; CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORA; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA; ERICAMERIA NAUSEOSA NAUSEOSA; ERICAMERIA TERETIFOLIA; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; SALVIA; SPIZELLA BREWERI; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0031870413     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1160:FPSBSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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