Try and try again: Nest predation favors persistence in a neotropical bird

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-262

  Roper, James J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Associação Montanha Viva   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nest predation; Persistence; Renesting interval; Reproductive success; Thamnophilus atrinucha; Western Slaty Antshrike

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745841503     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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