Use of barbed wire by loggerhead shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus) to manipulate nest materials

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 198-199

  Burton, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

CARETTA CARETTA; LANIIDAE; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032790195     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0198:UOBWBL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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