Comparative habitat use in a juniper woodland bird community

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 376-384

  Pavlacky Jr , David C ^a,b   Anderson, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Community organization; Habitat use; Succession; Utah juniper woodland; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARPODACUS; CARPODACUS CASSINII; CHLORURUS; JUNCO; JUNCO HYEMALIS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PIPILO; PIPILO CHLORURUS; POLIOPTILA CAERULEA; SIALIA; SIALIA CURRUCOIDES; SPIZELLA; SPIZELLA BREWERI; THRYOMANES BEWICKII; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; VIREO; VIREO PLUMBEUS; ZENAIDA; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 4544365240     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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