Acorn harvesting by acorn woodpeckers: Annual variation and comparison with genetic estimates

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 811-822

  Koenig, Walter D ^a,b   McEntee, Jay P ^a   Walters, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn woodpecker; Caching behaviour; Dispersal; Foraging strategy; Melanerpes formicivorus; Oaks; Seed movement

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 55949098655     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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