Breeding synchrony and nest predation in Red-winged Blackbirds

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1632-1641

  Weatherhead, P J ^a   Sommerer, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Breeding synchrony; Clutch initiation date; Female age; Nest predation; Nest success; Polygyny; Red winged Blackbirds

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SYNCHRONY;

(EAST); NORTH AMERICA;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0034952752     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1632:BSANPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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