Song sparrows, top carnivores and nest predation: A test of the mesopredator release hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 227-233

  Rogers, C M ^a   Caro, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesopredator; Mesopredator release hypothesis; Nest success; Song sparrow; Top carnivore

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FOOD WEB; NEST PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIS LATRANS; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0031656844     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050583     Document Type: Article

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