Time-specific variation in passerine nest survival: New insights into old questions

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 661-672

  Grant, Todd A ^a   Shaffer, Terry L ^b   Madden, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Pietz, Pamela J ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay colored Sparrow; Logistic exposure; Nest survival; Pooecetes gramineus; Spizella pallida; Vesper Sparrow

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NESTING; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; POOECETES GRAMINEUS; SPIZELLA PALLIDA;

EID: 18744374943     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0661:TVIPNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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