Food abundance determines distribution and density of a frugivorous bird across seasons

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-76

  Crampton, Lisa H ^a   Longland, William S ^a   Murphy, Dennis D ^a   Sedinger, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH USE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; PHAINOPEPLA; PHAINOPEPLA NITENS; PROSOPIS;

EID: 78650210022     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18624.x     Document Type: Article

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