Tests of landscape influence: Nest predation and brood parasitism in fragmented ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 759-768

  Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a   Garner, Lindy ^b   Garner, Shannon ^c   Lloyd, John D ^d   Saab, Victoria ^e   Martin, Thomas E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c Ecostudies Institute ^*  (United States)

^d Ecostudies Institute   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Buffer; Dendroica petechia; Fragmentation; Nest predation; Riparian woodlands

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEST PREDATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RIVER SYSTEM; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RIVER; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

AVES; DENDROICA PETECHIA;

EID: 33646139410     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1790     Document Type: Article

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