Nest survival relative to patch size in a highly fragmented shortgrass prairie landscape

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-34

  Skagen, Susan K ^a   Adams, Amy A Yackel ^a   Adams, Rod D ^a,b  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; PATCH SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON COUNTY [COLORADO]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CALAMOSPIZA MELANOCORYS; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17844369752     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-038     Document Type: Article

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