Ephemeral food resources and high conspecific densities as factors explaining lack of feeding territories in Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus)

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Elchuk, Candace L ^a   Wiebe, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORIALITY;

COLAPTES; COLAPTES AURATUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0037229858     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/120.1.187     Document Type: Article

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