Vegetative and thermal aspects of roost-site selection in urban yellow-billed magpies

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 532-536

  Crosbie, Scott P ^a,c   Bell, Douglas A ^a   Bolen, Ginger M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North State Resources Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; PASSERINE; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; RIPARIAN ZONE; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SITE SELECTION; THERMAL REGIME;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO; UNITED STATES;

CORVIDAE; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA; PICA NUTTALLI; QUERCUS LOBATA; QUERCUS WISLIZENI; QUERCUS WISLIZENII; UMBELLULARIA; UMBELLULARIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 34249070481     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-099.1     Document Type: Article

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