Factors influencing predation on Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) nests in northern hardwoods: Interactions across spatial scales

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-96

  Mattsson, Brady J ^a,b   Niemi, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground nest predation; Information theoretic approach; Minnesota; Multi scale; Neotropical migratory songbirds; Ovenbird; Seiurus aurocapilla; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCALE EFFECT; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PASSERI; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 32344441964     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[0082:FIPOOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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