Reasons why predators cannot be inferred from nest remains

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 718-721

  Larivière, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg remains; Nest predation; Nest remains; Predator identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344131901     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370209     Document Type: Review

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