Comparing the effects of landscape fragmentation by forestry and agriculture on predation of artificial nests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1418-1429

  Bayne, Erin M ^a,b   Hobson, Keith A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIRD; FORESTRY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CANADA;

TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0031460728     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96135.x     Document Type: Article

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