Rainfall, fruiting phenology, and the nesting season of White-crowned Pigeons in the upper Florida Keys

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 416-426

  Bancroft, G Thomas ^a,b   Bowman, Reed ^a   Sawicki, Richard J ^c  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUITING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA; JUGLANS CINEREA; LEUCOCEPHALA; METOPIUM; METOPIUM TOXIFERUM;

EID: 0034007378     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089723     Document Type: Article

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