Habitat selection by sympatric brood parasites in southeastern Arizona: The influence of landscape, vegetation, and species richness

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-32

  Chace, Jameson F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS AENEUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 1542752838     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0024:HSBSBP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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