Influence of climate on reproductive success in Mexican Jays

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 924-936

  Li, Shou Hsien ^a   Brown, Jerram L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; PASSERINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDATION; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARIZONA; CHIRICAHUA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032724136     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089672     Document Type: Article

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