A meta-analysis of forest cover, edge effects, and artificial nest predation rates

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 465-469

  Hartley, Mitschka J ^a   Hunter Jr , Malcolm L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 0031923918     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96373.x     Document Type: Article

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