Abundance and productivity of Warbling Vireos across an elevational gradient in the Sierra Nevada

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-325

  Purcell, Kathryn L ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Brood parasitism; Elevational gradient; Nest success; Productivity; Vireo gilvus; Warbling Vireo

Indexed keywords

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PINUS CONTORTA; VIREO GILVUS;

EID: 33646872003     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[315:AAPOWV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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