Red squirrels and predation risk to bird nests in northern forests

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1202-1208

  Willson, Mary F ^a   De Santo, Toni L ^b   Sieving, Kathryn E ^c  

^a Forestry Sciences Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION;

PREDATION; UNDERSTORY BIRDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RODENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 0344496197     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-096     Document Type: Article

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