Effects of forest patch size on nesting success of wood thrushes

Auk

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 146-155

  Hoover, Jeffrey P ^a,c   Brittingham, Margaret C ^a   Goodrich, Laurie J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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EID: 0000660132     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088774     Document Type: Article

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