Using video to monitor predation at Black-capped Vireo nests

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 348-357

  Stake, Mike M ^a,b   Cimprich, David A ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black capped Vireo; Fire ants; Nest predators; Rat snake; Videocamera; Vireo atricapillus

Indexed keywords

AVES; FORMICIDAE; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; VIREO; VIREO ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 0037695126     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0348:UVTMPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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