Edge effects on nesting success of cavity-nesting birds in fragmented forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-370

  Deng, Wen Hong ^a   Gao, Wei ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavity nesting birds; Edge effects; Forest fragments; Nest site competition; Nesting success

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; FICEDULA ZANTHOPYGIA; PARUS MAJOR; PICOIDES MAJOR; PICUS CANUS;

EID: 24944564700     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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