Foraging ecology of the California gnatcatcher deduced from fecal samples

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 304-310

  Burger, Jutta C ^a   Patten, Michael A ^a   Rotenberry, John T ^a   Redak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California gnatcatcher; Coastal sage scrub; Fecal analysis; Foraging ecology; Polioptila californica

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032803061     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050862     Document Type: Article

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