Predation on Japanese Quail vs. House Sparrow eggs in artificial nests: Small eggs reveal small predators

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 325-332

  Maier, Thomas J ^a   Degraaf, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Nest predation; Peromyscus leucopus; Poecile atricapillus; Predator behavior; Small nest predators; Tamias striatus

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX JAPONICA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 0034127075     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369644     Document Type: Article

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