Foraging behavior and microhabitat use of birds inhabiting coastal woodlands in eastcentral Argentina

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 342-348

  Cueto, Víctor R ^a   De Casenave, Javier Lopez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PASSERINE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE;

AVES; ELAENIA; ELAENIA PARVIROSTRIS; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; PARULA; PARULA PITIAYUMI; PASSERIFORMES; POLIOPTILA; POLIOPTILA DUMICOLA; SCUTIA BUXIFOLIA; SERPOPHAGA SUBCRISTATA;

EID: 0036765691     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0342:FBAMUO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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