Songbird abundance and parasitism differ between urban and rural shrublands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 394-405

  Burhans, Dirk E ^a   Thompson III, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Brown headed Cowbird; Landscape; Nest predation; Nesting success; Shrubland; Songbirds; Urban

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; NEMATODE; NESTING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; MISSOURI; NEMATODA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI; PASSERINA CYANEA; POLIOPTILA CAERULEA; SPIZELLA PUSILLA; VERMIVORA PINUS;

EID: 33645104602     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0927     Document Type: Article

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