Food abundance does not determine bird use of early-successional habitat

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1586-1594

  Champlin, Tracey B ^a,c   Kilgo, John C ^b   Moorman, Christopher E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Canopy gaps; Early successional habitat; Food availability; Food reduction; Foraging; Forest birds; Habitat use; South Carolina; USA

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIRD; CANOPY GAP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

ARTHROPODA; AVES;

EID: 67449149941     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1190.1     Document Type: Article

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