Nesting ecology of yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) in montane chaparral habitat in the Northern Sierra Nevada

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-363

  Humple, Diana L ^a   Burnett, Ryan D ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

montane chaparral; nesting ecology; northern Sierra Nevada; xeric scrub; Yellow Warbler

Indexed keywords

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PATULA; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; AVES; CHRYSOLEPIS SEMPERVIRENS; DENDROICA PETECHIA;

EID: 78149352658     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0308     Document Type: Article

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