Relationships among survival, body condition, and habitat of breeding Swainson's Warblers

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-148

  Benson, Thomas J ^a,b   Bednarz, James C ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Body condition; Bottomland hardwood forest; Giant cane; Limnothlypis swainsonii; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Survival; Swainson's Warbler

Indexed keywords

ARUNDINARIA GIGANTEA; AVES; LIMNOTHLYPIS SWAINSONII;

EID: 77949469042     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.080089     Document Type: Article

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