Patterns of artificial nest depredation in a large floodplain forest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 576-583

  Knutson, Melinda G ^a,b   Gutreuter, Steven J ^b   Klaas, Erwin E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial songbird nests; Driftless Area; Floodplain forest; Forest fragmentation; Generalized linear mixed model; Neotropical migrant birds; Nest depredation rates; Nest predators; Upper Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISOLATION EFFECT; NEST PREDATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 0034002991     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803255     Document Type: Article

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