Nest predation on woodland songbirds: When is nest predation density dependent?

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-74

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a,b   Whelan, Christopher J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NEST PREDATION;

AVES; CICADIDAE; CYANOCITTA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MORUS (PLANT); PASSERI; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0032739043     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546997     Document Type: Article

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