Variation in foraging behavior, diet and time of breeding of Florida Scrub-Jays in suburban and wildland habitats

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 515-527

  Fleischer Jr , Arthur L ^a,b   Bowman, Reed ^a   Woolfenden, Glen E ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Behavior; Foraging; Suburban; Supplemental food; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES; CORVIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041629102     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7224     Document Type: Article

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