Are traditional methods of determining nest predators and nest fates reliable? An experiment with Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) using miniature video cameras

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1126-1132

  Williams, Gary E ^a   Wood, Petra Bohall ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AVES; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; HYLOCHICHLA; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; MAMMALIA; PETAURISTINAE; SERPENTES; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0036823945     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/119.4.1126     Document Type: Article

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