Invasive fruits, novel foods, and choice: An investigation of European starling and American robin frugivory

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-438

  Lafleur, Nancy E ^a   Rubega, Margaret A ^a   Elphick, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; DISPERSAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; SHRUB;

AVES; CELASTRUS; CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS; ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 34748873828     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-115.1     Document Type: Article

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