Avian nest success in midwestern forests fragmented by agriculture

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 116-130

  Knutson, Melinda G ^a   Niemi, Gerald J ^b   Newton, Wesley E ^c   Friberg, Mary A ^d,e  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Driftless Area; Forest fragmentation; Functional group; Landscape; Midwestern United States; Nest success

Indexed keywords

AVES; CONTOPUS VIRENS; GALLIFORMES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 1142293782     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7358     Document Type: Article

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