Predator activity and predation on songbird nests on forest-field edges in east-central Illinois

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 345-354

  Heske, Edward J ^a   Robinson, Scott K ^a   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological trap; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Illinois; Nest predation; Raccoons

Indexed keywords

FOREST EDGE; MAMMAL; NEST PREDATION; SONGBIRD;

UNITED STATES;

PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 0032857531     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008033603827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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