Functional response, seasonal decline and landscape differences in nest predation risk

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 608-615

  Roos, Staffan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial nest experiment; Density dependent predation; Landscape effects; Lanius collurio; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION;

SWEDEN;

CORVIDAE; COTURNIX COTURNIX; LANIIDAE; LANIUS COLLURIO; PASSERIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0036938104     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1056-8     Document Type: Article

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