The importance of mature conifers to red crossbills in southeast Alaska

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Holimon, William C ^a   Benkman, Craig W ^a   Willson, Mary F ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone crops; Foraging behavior; Loxia curvirostra; Picea sitchensis; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FORAGING; HABITAT PREFERENCE;

USA, ALASKA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA; PASSERIFORMES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0032559852     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00157-6     Document Type: Article

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