Nest predators and fragmentation: A review and meta-analysis

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 306-318

  Chalfoun, Anna D ^a,b   Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Ratnaswamy, Mary J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FRAGMENTATION; META-ANALYSIS; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DECLINE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036222779     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00308.x     Document Type: Review

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