Food supplementation, territory establishment, and song in the prothonotary warbler

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 342-349

  Clarkson, Charles E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONG; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY;

AVES; PROTONOTARIA; PROTONOTARIA CITREA;

EID: 34748900617     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-073.1     Document Type: Article

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