Bachman's Sparrows use burrows and palmetto clumps as escape refugia from predators

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-30

  Dean, Tylan F ^a,b   Vickery, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bachman's Sparrow; Burrow; Escape; Florida; Predator avoidance; Refugia; Winter home range size

Indexed keywords

AIMOPHILA; AIMOPHILA AESTIVALIS; ANIMALIA; PASSERIDAE; SABAL; SERENOA REPENS;

EID: 0037412417     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.1.26     Document Type: Article

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