Factors affecting nesting success of Wood Thrushes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1075-1082

  Farnsworth, George L ^a,b   Simons, Theodore R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEREDITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDICTION;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

CONIUM; GALLUS GALLUS; HYLOCHICHLA; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; HYLOCICHLA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES; TSUGA; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0032724138     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089686     Document Type: Article

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