Does nonrandom nest placement imply nonrandom nest predation? - A reply

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 920-923

  Cooper, Robert J ^a   Wilson, R Randy ^b   Zenitsky, Gary D ^c   Mullin, Stephen J ^d   DeCecco, Jennifer A ^a   Marshall, Matthew R ^a   Wolf, Dorothy J ^a   Pomara, Lars Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadian Flycatcher; Bottomland hardwood forest; Empidonax virescens; Forest management; Nest mortality; Nest tree selection

Indexed keywords

EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; IMPLETA;

EID: 0032711793     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370090     Document Type: Review

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