Site-specific variation in food resources, sex ratios, and body condition of an overwintering migrant songbird

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 683-690

  Townsend, Jason M ^d   Rimmer, Christopher C ^a   McFarland, Kent P ^b   Goetz, James E ^c  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod abundance; Bicknell's thrush; Body condition; Catharus bicknelli; Frugivory; Migratory birds; Neotropical; Non breeding habitat

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CATHARUS BICKNELLI; PASSERI; TURDIDAE;

EID: 84978974485     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.12043     Document Type: Article

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