Factors governing habitat selection by prothonotary warblers: field tests of the fretwell-lucas models 1

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-387

  Petit, Lisa J ^a,b   Petit, Daniel R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat gradient; Habitat quality; Habitat selection; Ideal dominance distribution; Ideal free distribution; Predation; Protonotaria citrea; Reproductive success; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTHONOTARY WARBLER;

USA, TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE RIVER;

PROTONOTARIA CITREA;

EID: 0030418762     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963523     Document Type: Article

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