Predator-mediated interactions between and within guilds of nesting songbirds: Experimental and observational evidence

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 393-402

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a   Whelan, Christopher J ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Foraging theory; Predation; Raccoon; Resource partitioning; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MODELING; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE;

AVES; HYLOCHICHLA; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; LONICERA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; RHAMNUS; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0031656707     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286177     Document Type: Article

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