Mortality factors and predators of Spotted Towhee nests in the Sacramento Valley, California

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-258

  Small, Stacy L ^a,b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown headed Cowbird parasitism; Nest predation; Nest survival; Riparian; Time lapse video cameras

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; AVES; BUTEO LINEATUS; COLUBER CONSTRICTOR; MAMMALIA; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PIPILO; PIPILO MACULATUS; PROCYON LOTOR; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS SP.; RODENTIA;

EID: 23444460698     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.3.252     Document Type: Article

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