Different nest predator faunas and nest predation risk on ground and shrub nests at forest ecotones: An experiment and a review

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 108-118

  Söderström, Bo ^a   Pärt, Tomas ^a   Rydén, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial nest predation; Birds; Farmland; Hard and soft edge; Nest site

Indexed keywords

FOREST EDGE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE;

EID: 0032422754     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050638     Document Type: Article

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