Depredation rates and predators at artificial bird nests in an unfragmented northern hardwoods forest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 529-539

  Sloan, Stephen S ^a   Holmes, Richard T ^a   Sherry, Thomas W ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Hubbard Brook; Martes pennanti; Neotropical migrant birds; Nest depredation rates; Nest predators; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Unfragmented forest

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; BEST PREDATION; JAPANESE QUAIL; NORTHERN HARDWOOD; PREDATION;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; USA; WHITE MOUNTAINS;

COTURNIX JAPONICA; MARTES PENNANTI; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0031811860     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802326     Document Type: Article

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