Factors influencing nest success of songbirds in aspen and willow riparian areas in the Great Basin

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 842-855

  Heltzel, Jeannie M ^a   Earnst, Susan L ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Brood parasitism; Livestock grazing; Nest success; Riparian birds; Willow; Yellow Warbler

Indexed keywords

AVES; DENDROICA PETECHIA; PASSERI; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALIX;

EID: 33845203342     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[842:FINSOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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