Modeling population dynamics of a songbird exposed to parasitism and predation and evaluating management options

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Woodworth, Bethany L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; VIREO LATIMERI;

EID: 0033010472     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97267.x     Document Type: Article

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