Testing ecological and behavioral correlates of nest predation

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1887-1894

  Fontaine, Joseph J ^a,b   Martel, Mireille ^a   Markland, Helen M ^a,c   Niklison, Alina M ^a   Decker, Karie L ^a,b   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; SPATIAL VARIATION;

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EID: 35248836452     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.16043.x     Document Type: Article

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