Determining nest predators of the Least Bell's Vireo through point counts, tracking stations, and video photography

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-95

  Peterson, Bonnie L ^a,c   Kus, Barbara E ^a   Deutschman, Douglas H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Merkel and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Least Bell's Vireo; Nest predators; Parental activity; Tracking stations; Videophotography; Vireo bellii pusillus; Western Scrub Jay

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; ARGENTINA (FISH); AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CORVIDAE; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; FORMICIDAE; GALLIFORMES; ICTERIA VIRENS; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; MAMMALIA; PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; SERPENTES; VIREO; VIREO BELLII; VIREO BELLII PUSILLUS;

EID: 1342289442     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-75.1.89     Document Type: Article

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