Quantifying male Wood Thrush nest-attendance and its relationship to nest success

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 138-144

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a   Whelan, Christopher J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age specific mortality; Hylocichla mustelina; Life history theory; Nest guarding; Nest predation; Wood Thrush

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER STRIATUS; ACCIPITRINAE; CYANOCITTA; HYLOCHICHLA; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; TURDIDAE; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 13844266493     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7582     Document Type: Article

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