Snow bathing by house finches: A review of this behavior by North American birds

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 834-838

  Hendricks, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SNOW; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FALCONIFORMES; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PICIFORMES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 72649095848     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-044.1     Document Type: Article

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