Influence of foraging and roosting behavior on home-range size and movement patterns of Savannah Sparrows wintering in south Texas

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Ginter, Daniel L ^a   Desmond, Martha J ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; ROOSTING;

NORTH AMERICA; PADRE ISLAND; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PASSERCULUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 17844394460     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-017     Document Type: Article

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