Effects of anthropogenic developments on common Raven nesting biology in the west Mojave Desert

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1703-1713

  Kristan III, William B ^a,c   Boarman, William I ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic resources; Common Raven; Corvus corax; Land cover types; Mojave Desert, California; Nest site choice; Nesting success; Subsidized predator

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION RISK; SITE SELECTION;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CORVUS CORAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROW; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROWS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 38449093791     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1114.1     Document Type: Article

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