Experimental evidence for a novel mechanism driving variation in habitat quality in a food-caching bird

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-950

  Strickland, Dan ^a   Kielstra, Brian ^b   Norris, D Ryan ^b  

^a University of Guelph ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; Gray jays; Perisoreuscanadensis; Population decline; Territory occupancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BOREAL FOREST; CACHING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORY;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PERISOREUS; PERISOREUS CANADENSIS; PICEA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 80855138724     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2040-y     Document Type: Article

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