Song post and foraging site characteristics of breeding varied thrushes in northwestern California

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Beck, Maurie J ^a,b   George, T Luke ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging locations; Hierarchical habitat selection; Ixoreus naevius; Redwood forests; Song posts; Varied Thrush

Indexed keywords

IXOREUS NAEVIUS; SEQUIOA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0033963803     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370410     Document Type: Article

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