Rural and suburban forest edges: Effect on egg predators and nest predation rates

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Danielson, William R ^a   DeGraaf, Richard M ^b   Fuller, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; Forest edge; Nest predation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOREST EDGE; POPULATION DECLINE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031434897     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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