Recreational trails, human activity, and nest predation in lowland riparian areas

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-236

  Miller, James R ^a,c   Hobbs, N Thompson ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Predation; Trail

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST PREDATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RIPARIAN FOREST;

EID: 0034734289     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(00)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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