Nut selection by captive blue jays: Importance of availability and implications for seed dispersal

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 377-388

  Moore, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanocitta cristata; Discrete choice model; Jays; Oaks; Selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CARYA OVATA; CORVIDAE; CYANOCITTA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 33646863662     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[377:NSBCBJ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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