Combined food and predator effects on songbird nest survival and annual reproductive success: Results from a bi-factorial experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 632-640

  Zanette, Liana ^a   Clinchy, Michael ^b   Smith, James N M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food supplementation; Nest predation; Predator pressure; Song sparrows

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; NESTING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SPARROW; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SPARROWS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERI;

EID: 33645100375     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0330-y     Document Type: Article

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