Effects of forest fragment size, nest density, and proximity to edge on the risk of predation to ground-nesting passerine birds

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 986-994

  Keyser, Amber J ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b   Soehren, Eric C ^c  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State Lands Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0031717833     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97177.x     Document Type: Article

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