Mixed-species flocking and foraging behavior of four neotropical warblers in panamanian shade coffee fields and forests

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1000-1012

  Pomara, Lars Y ^a,c   Cooper, Robert J ^a   Petit, Lisa J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

(WEST); PANAMA;

AVES; BASILEUTERUS CULICIVORUS; MNIOTILTA VARIA; MYIOBORUS MINIATUS; MYOBORUS MINIATUS; PASSERIFORMES; WILSONIA PUSILLA;

EID: 0242569254     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090271     Document Type: Article

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