Responses of nesting bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) to habitat edges

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 767-776

  Bollinger, Eric K ^a   Gavin, Thomas A ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; AVOIDANCE REACTION; EDGE EFFECT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DOLICHONYX; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS;

EID: 3242696289     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090313     Document Type: Article

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