Variation in local-scale edge effects: Mechanisms and landscape context

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2064-2075

  Donovan, Therese M ^a,b   Jones, Peter W ^a,b   Annand, Elizabeth M ^a   Thompson III, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown headed Cowbirds; Edge effects; Forest songbirds; Habitat landscapes and fragmentation; Host Cowbird relationships; Molothrus ater; Nest predation; Predator community

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

USA, (MIDWEST);

MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0031284552     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2064:VILSEE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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