Songbird nest predators in forest-pasture edge and forest interior in a fragmented landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 858-867

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Abundance; Brown headed Cowbird; Edge; Forest; Fragmentation; Mammals; Molothrus ater; Nest predators; Snakes; Songbirds; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036628297     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0858:SNPIFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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