The relative impacts of nest predation and brood parasitism on seasonal fecundity in songbirds

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-57

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; FECUNDITY; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE;

EID: 0033045584     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97065.x     Document Type: Article

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