A comparison of eastern bluebird reproductive parameters in golf and rural habitats

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 471-482

  Stanback, Mark T ^a   Seifert, Megan L ^a,b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern bluebird; Golf course; North Carolina; Reproduction; Sialia sialis

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; GOLF COURSE; NEST BOX; PASSERINE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; SIALIA; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 27144470542     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[471:ACOEBR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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