Light pollution allows the northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) to feed nestlings after dark

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 366-369

  Stracey, Christine M ^a,b   Wynn, Brady ^a   Robinson, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological light pollution; Nestling feeding; Northern Mockingbird; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

DARK; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT POLLUTION; NESTLING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84904021115     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/13-107.1     Document Type: Article

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