Predation rates on artificial nests in an industrial forest landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 171-179

  Haegen, W Matthew Vander ^a,b   DeGraaf, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Edge effects; Fragmentation; Nest success; Plantations

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NEST PREDATION; PLANTATION; PREDATION RATE;

USA, MAINE;

EID: 0030587658     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03776-0     Document Type: Article

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