Artificial nest predation across riparian-upland forest ecotones

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-312

  Gates, J Edward ^a   McKearnan, Joan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 24344437337     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2003)002[0301:ANPARF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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