Interspecific competition between Vultures for preferred roost positions

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 122-125

  Buckley, Neil J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ROOST SITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TEXAS; USA;

AVES; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CORAGYPS; COROGYPS; COROGYPS ATRATUS; FALCONIFORMES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0031967401     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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