Territory size and stability in a sedentary neotropical passerine: Is resource partitioning a necessary condition?

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-401

  Gorrell, Janet V ^a   Ritchison, Gary ^a   Morton, Eugene S ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hemlock Hill Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercomacra tyrannina; Dusky Antbird; Foraging; Sex specific; Territorial

Indexed keywords

CERCOMACRA TYRANNINA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 28244443340     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.4.395     Document Type: Article

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