Resource availability, breeding site selection, and reproductive success of red-winged blackbirds

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-146

  Turner, Andrew M ^a,c   McCarty, John P ^b,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Habitat selection; Harem size; Marsh; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSECT EMERGENCE; NEST SITE SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ODONATA; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS ILIACUS; TYPHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031955104     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050362     Document Type: Article

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