Breeding-season decisions, renesting, and annual fecundity of female Eastern Meadowlarks (Sturnella magna) in southeastern Illinois

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 796-805

  Kershner, Eric L ^a,b   Walk, Jeffery W ^a,c   Warner, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; FECUNDITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SITE SELECTION;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; STURNELLA; STURNELLA MAGNA;

EID: 3242659230     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090316     Document Type: Article

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