Patterns of nest predation on artificial and natural nests in forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 381-388

  Burke, Dawn M ^a   Elliott, Ken ^a   Moore, Levi ^a   Dunford, Wendy ^b   Nol, Erica ^c   Phillips, Judith ^c   Holmes, Stephen ^d   Freemark, Kathryn ^e  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial nest experiment; Forest bird; Natural nests; Nest predation; Nest success

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PREDATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

AVES;

EID: 1842714413     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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