Avian use of Chinese tallow seeds in coastal Texas

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 550-556

  Conway, Warren C ^a,c   Smith, Loren M ^a   Bergan, James F ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA CORONATA; EUPHORBIACEAE; GALBULA; ICTERUS GALBULA; SAPIUM SEBIFERUM; TRIADICA SEBIFERA;

EID: 0036926773     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672658     Document Type: Article

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