Independent effects of food and predator-mediated processes on annual fecundity in a songbird

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 160-168

  Preston, Kristine L ^a   Rotenberry, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual fecundity; Annual reproductive success; Aphelocoma californica; Chamaea fasciata; Food supplementation; Nest predation; Predation manipulation; Western Scrub Jay; Wrentit

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SONGBIRD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SONGBIRD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; AVES; CHAMAEA; CHAMAEA FASCIATA; PASSERI;

EID: 33644835001     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0344     Document Type: Article

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