Predation of small eggs in artificial nests: Effects of nest position, edge, and potential predator abundance in extensive forest

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-242

  Degraaf, Richard M ^a   Maier, Thomas J ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL NEST; EDGE EFFECT; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; RODENT;

UNITED STATES;

PASSER DOMESTICUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 0032903334     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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