Nest mortality in a population of small mammals

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Millar, John S ^a   Havelka, Monika A ^b   Sharma, Sapna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energetic constraint; Infanticide; Nestling; Peromyscus leucopus; Population; Predation; Survival

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; MORTALITY; NESTLING; PREDATION; RODENT;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 3142704630     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03192526     Document Type: Article

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