Influence of mammal activity on nesting success of passerines

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 522-531

  Cain III, James W ^a,b   Smallwood, K Shawn ^a,c   Morrison, Michael L ^a,b   Loffland, Helen L ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Texas A and M University ^*

Author keywords

California; Dendroica petechia; Empidonax oberholseri; Empidonax traillii; Mammalian predator activity; Montane meadows; Neotropical migrants; Nest predation; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; MAMMAL; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CRICETINAE; DENDROICA PETECHIA; EMPIDONAX OBERHOLSERI; EMPIDONAX TRAILLII; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FRENATA; MUSTELINAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REITHRODONTOMYS MEGALOTIS; SALIX; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS; TAMIASCIURUS DOUGLASII;

EID: 33646697402     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[522:IOMAON]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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