Fruit quality and consumption by songbirds during autumn migration

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-428

  Smith, Susan B ^a   McPherson, Kathleen H ^a,b   Backer, Jeffrey M ^a   Pierce, Barbara J ^a,c   Podlesak, David W ^a,d   McWilliams, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SHRUBLAND; SONGBIRD;

BLOCK ISLAND; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MORELLA PENSYLVANICA; MYRICACEAE; PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA; PASSERI; PHOTINIA MELANOCARPA; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM DENTATUM;

EID: 34748920729     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/06-073.1     Document Type: Article

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