Nest predation increases with parental activity: Separating nest site and parental activity effects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1459, 2000, Pages 2287-2293

  Martin, T E ^a   Scott, J ^a   Menge, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nest predation; Nest site effects; Parental provisioning rates; Skutch's hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PARENTAL CARE; SITE EFFECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0034703841     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1281     Document Type: Article

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