Seed preferences in sparrow species of the Monte desert, Argentina: Implications for seed-granivore interactions

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 358-367

  Cueto, Victor R ^a   Marone, Luis ^b,c   Lopez De Casenave, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Argentina; Feeding experiments; Granivory; Neotropical Emberizidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRANIVORY; GRASS; SEED;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PASSERIDAE; POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS CRYPTANDRUS; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 33646537452     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[358:SPISSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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