Environmental conditions affect the behavior of captive, migratory white-crowned sparrows

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 658-671

  Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^a,b   Agatsuma, Reneé ^a   Ramfar, Trisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beak up flight; Food restriction; Gambel's White crowned Sparrow; Locomotor activity; Migratory restlessness; Moonlight; Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

Indexed keywords

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII;

EID: 67649661880     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8523     Document Type: Article

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