Development of foraging skills and the transition to independence in juvenile Savannah Sparrows

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-287

  Wheelwright, Nathaniel T ^a   Templeton, Jennifer J ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Independence; Juvenile birds; Passerculus sandwichensis; Postfledging; Savannah Sparrows

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERCOPIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO RUGOSA;

EID: 0037695146     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0279:DOFSAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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