Does nest placement affect the fate or productivity of California Gnatcatcher nests?

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 984-993

  Braden, Gerald T ^a  

^a San Bernardino County Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SITE SELECTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; RIVERSIDE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

PASSERIFORMES; POLIOPTILA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0032723771     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089678     Document Type: Article

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