Landscape context and selection for forest edge by breeding Brown-headed Cowbirds

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-284

  Howell, Christine A ^a,b   Dijak, William D ^c   Thompson III, Frank R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown headed Cowbird; Edge effects; Forest fragmentation; Habitat selection; Home range; Illinois; Landscape context; Missouri; Molothrus ater; Neotropical migrant bird

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PASSERINE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 33846596584     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-9022-1     Document Type: Article

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