Experimental removal of strong and weak predators: Mice and chipmunks preying on songbird nests

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2927-2936

  Schmidt, K A ^a   Goheen, J R ^a   Naumann, R ^a   Ostfeld, R S ^a   Schauber, E M ^a   Berkowitz, A ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect interactions; Nest predation; Peromyscus; Predator compensation; Songbirds; Strong interactions; Tamias; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

GENERALIST; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SONGBIRD;

CRICETINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PASSERI; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 0034755354     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2927:EROSAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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