Predation on artificial nests along three edge types in a North Carolina bottomland hardwood forest

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-549

  Saracco, James F ^a   Collazo, Jaime A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; NEST PREDATION;

UNITED STATES;

COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0033404659     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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