Seasonal fruit preferences for lipids and sugars by American Robins

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 709-717

  Lepczyk, Christopher A ^a,b   Murray, K Greg ^a   Winnett Murray, Kathy ^a   Bartell, Paul ^a,c   Geyer, Eric ^a,d   Work, Timothy ^a,d  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; LIPID; PASSERINE; SUGAR;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0033926223     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089595     Document Type: Article

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