Is predation on waterfowl nests density dependent? - Tests at three spatial scales

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-140

  Ackerman, Joshua T ^a   Blackmer, Alexis L ^a   Eadie, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SUISUN MARSH; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 5344228680     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13226.x     Document Type: Article

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