Density-related predation by the Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis, on the leaf-mining moth, Cameraria hamadryadella at three spatial scales

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-112

  Connor, Edward F ^a   Yoder, James M ^b   May, Julie A ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MOTH; PASSERINE; PREDATION;

AGROMYZIDAE; AVES; CAMERARIA HAMADRYADELLA; CAROLINENSIS; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARIDAE; PARUS CAROLINENSIS; PASSERIFORMES; POECILE CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0032760186     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547001     Document Type: Article

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