Use of radio-telemetry to reduce bias in nest searching

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 274-278

  Powell, Larkin A ^a,b   Lang, Jason D ^a   Krementz, David G ^a,c   Conroy, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Hylocichla mustelina; Nest monitoring; Nest survival; Radio telemetry; Wood Thrush

Indexed keywords

AVES; BIAS (BIRD); HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA;

EID: 23444437627     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.3.274     Document Type: Article

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