Wintering yellow-rumped warblers (Dendroica coronata) track manipulated abundance of myrica cerifera fruits

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-87

  Borgmann, Kathi L ^a,c   Pearson, Scott F ^a,d   Levey, Douglas J ^a   Greenberg, Cathryn H ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Hawks Aloft Inc   (United States)

^d Natural Areas Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA; DENDROICA CORONATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MORELLA CERIFERA; MYRICA; MYRICA CERIFERA; MYRICACEAE; PASSERIFORMES; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242265453     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090057     Document Type: Article

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