Phytochemistry predicts habitat selection by an avian herbivore at multiple spatial scales

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 308-314

  Frye, Graham G ^a,b,c   Connelly, John W ^b   Musil, David D ^b   Forbey, Jennifer S ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia spp; Centrocercus urophasianus; Greater Sage Grouse; Habitat selection; Herbivory; Monoterpenes; Plant secondary metabolites; Sagebrush; Selective foraging; South central Idaho; Spatial scale; USA

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; METABOLITE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTEMISIA; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; HERBIVORY;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA NOVA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; AVES; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876143235     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1313.1     Document Type: Article

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