Predation rates on real and artificial nests of grassland birds

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-153

  Davison, William B ^a,b   Bollinger, Eric ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nature Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; AVIFAUNA; GRASSLAND; NEST PREDATION; NESTING;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0033978184     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0147:PRORAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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