Arthropod prey of Wilson's Warblers in the understory of Douglas-fir forests

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-546

  Hagar, Joan C ^a   Dugger, Katie M ^b   Starkey, Edward E ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; BREEDING SEASON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIET; FECES; PASSERINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; UNDERSTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PASSERI; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; WILSONIA PUSILLA;

EID: 38349001019     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/06-056.1     Document Type: Article

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