Nest site attributes and temporal patterns of northern flicker nest loss: Effects of predation and competition

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 744-753

  Fisher, Ryan J ^a,b   Wiebe, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

European starling; Mammalian nest predator; Nest survival; Primary excavator

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

COLAPTES; COLAPTES AURATUS; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33645102066     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0310-2     Document Type: Article

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