Does differential access to protein influence differences in timing of breeding of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) in suburban and wildland habitats?

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1114-1127

  Schoech, Stephan J ^a   Bowman, Reed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PASSERINE; PROTEIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242485219     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090282     Document Type: Article

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