How corridors reduce indigo bunting nest success

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1300-1305

  Weldon, Aimee J ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBA Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH CAROLINA;

ANIMALIA; PASSERINA CYANEA;

EID: 33746367136     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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