Do cerulean warblers (dendroica cerulea) exhibit clustered territoriality?

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-355

  Roth, Kirk L ^a   Islam, Kamal ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

BIG OAKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; INDIANA; MADISON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

DENDROICA CERULEA; PASSERI; QUERCUS;

EID: 34249043221     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[345:DCWDCE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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