Factors affecting nest predation on forest songbirds in North America

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 98-109

  Thompson III, Frank R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 36448964171     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00697.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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