Factors affecting songbird nest survival in riparian forests in a midwestern agricultural landscape

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 726-737

  Peak, Rebecca G ^a,c   Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Shaffer, Terry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; NESTING SUCCESS; RIPARIAN FOREST; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CAROLINENSIS; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; EMPIDONAX; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; HYLOCHICHLA MUSTELINA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; IMPLETA; INDIGOFERA; OPORORNIS; OPORORNIS FORMOSUS; PASSERI; PASSERINA CYANEA; RIPARIA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 3242727905     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090310     Document Type: Article

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