Bibliography

This page will include cited references as well as other peer-reviewed material relevant to fruit choice in birds, seed dispersal by birds, and the species covered in the accounts.



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SMITH, S.B., K.H. McPherson, J.M. Backer, B.J. Pierce, D.W. Podlesak, and S.R. McWilliams. 2007. Fruit quality and consumption by songbirds during autumn migration. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:419–428.

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Willson, M.F., and J.N. Thompson. 1982. Phenology and ecology of color in bird-dispersed fruits, or why some fruits are red when they are “green.” Canadian Journal of Botany 60:701–713.

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Witmer, M.C. 2001. Nutritional interactions and fruit removal: Cedar Waxwing consumption of Viburnum opulus fruits in spring. Ecology 82:3120–3130.