Density-dependent nest predation - An experiment with simulated Mallard nests in contrasting landscapes

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-269

  Gunnarsson, Gunnar ^a,b   Elmberg, Johan ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional response; Nest age; Nest survival rate; Numerical response

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIMULATION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 41149087146     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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