Cavity-nesting community webs as predictive tools: Where do we go from here?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue SUPLL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Blanc, Lori A ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity nesting bird; Community structure; Indirect interactions; Nest web; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NESTING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION;

AVES;

EID: 36949022905     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0232-3     Document Type: Review

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