Artificial nest predation in hedgerows and scrub forest in a human-dominated landscape of central Mexico

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-167

  Zuria, Iriana ^a,b   Gates, J Edward ^a   Castellanos, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Artificial nest; Bird; Ecological trap; El Baj o; Hedgerow; Mexico; Plasticine egg; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ARTIFICIAL NEST; BREEDING POPULATION; EGG PREDATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HEDGEROW; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCRUB; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33847274595     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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