Predation on artificial nests in a forest dominated landscape -The effects of nest type, patch size and edge structure

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 464-471

  Huhta, Esa ^a   Jokimäki, Jukka ^b,c   Helle, Pekka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NEST PREDATION; PATCH SIZE;

COTURNIX COTURNIX; GALLUS DOMESTICUS; RANGIFER;

EID: 0031728631     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00437.x     Document Type: Article

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