Effects of an unseasonable snowstorm on red-faced Warbler nesting success

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 392-395

  Decker, Karie L ^a   Conway, Courtney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardellina rubrifrons; Initiation date; Nest abandonment; Nest failure; Red faced Warbler; Snowstorm; Wweather

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARDELLINA; CARDELLINA RUBRIFRONS;

EID: 67650239391     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080055     Document Type: Article

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