Nest site selection by Florida Scrub-Jays in natural and human-modified habitats

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 128-135

  Bowman, Reed ^a   Woolfenden, Glen E ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCRUB; SITE SELECTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES; CORVIDAE; QUERCUS; SMILAX; SMILAX ARISTOLOCHIIFOLIA;

EID: 0036522327     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0128:NSSBFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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