Acorn-For aging preferences of four species of free-Ranging avian seed predators in eastern deciduous forests

Condor

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 863-873

  Richardson, Kimberly B ^a   Lichti, Nathanael I ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice model; Jay; Nuthatch; Oak; Seed size; Titmouse; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879739849     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.120189     Document Type: Article

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