Provisioning of nestling dickcissels in native warm-season grass field buffers

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-309

  Mitchell, Kristina L ^a   Riffell, Samuel K ^a   Burger, L Wes ^a   Vilella, Francisco J ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENERGETICS; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PREY SELECTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 84862158081     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/11-152.1     Document Type: Article

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