Winter adaptations in chickadees and titmice and the added effect of habitat fragmentation

Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Olson, Jennifer R ^a   Grubb, Thomas C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickadees; Food caching; Habitat fragmentation; Parids; Temperate winters; Titmice; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920750973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569992.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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