Habitat segregation among songbirds in old-growth boreal mixedwood forest

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-55

  Cumming, Enid E ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Boreal forest; Foraging; Old growth; Prince Albert National Park; Saskatchewan; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MIXED FOREST; NICHE PARTITIONING; SONGBIRD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE ALBERT NATIONAL PARK; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; AVES; BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; BLACKBURNIA; CALENDULA; CASTANEA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROICA; DENDROICA CASTANEA; DENDROICA CORONATA; DENDROICA FUSCA; DENDROICA MAGNOLIA; DENDROICA VIRENS; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIACEAE; PARIDAE; PASSERI; PEREGRINA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POECILLE HUDSONICUS; REGULUS CALENDULA; REGULUS SATRAPA; SATRAPA; VERMIVORA PEREGRINA; VIREO; VIREO SOLITARIUS; VIREONIDAE;

EID: 12244300525     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i1.881     Document Type: Article

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