Foraging ecomorphology within North American flycatchers and a test of concordance with southern African species

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-95

  Corbin, Clay E ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community concordance; Ecological morphology; New World; Old World; Sit and wait foraging

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ORDINATION; PASSERINE;

AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 37349074524     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0221-6     Document Type: Article

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