What is a winter floater? Causes, consequences, and implications for habitat selection

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 548-565

  Brown, David R ^a   Long, Jennifer A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative behaviors; Corticosterone; Floaters; Habitat selection; Social systems; Territoriality; Winter

Indexed keywords

AVES; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; PASSERI;

EID: 34548440201     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8351.1     Document Type: Review

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