Factors affecting nutritional condition of fledgling Florida Scrub-Jays: A ptilochronology approach

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 753-756

  Grubb Jr , Thomas C ^a   Woolfenden, Glen E ^b,c   Fitzpatrick, John W ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Fledgling survivorship; Florida Scrab Jay; Nutritional condition; Open oak scrub; Ptilochronology

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS;

EID: 0344589362     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369761     Document Type: Article

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