Breeding success of tree swallows along a gradient of agricultural intensification

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1140-1154

  Ghilain, Arnaud ^a   Bélisle, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Breeding success; Brood size; Clutch size; Competition; Fledging success; Landscape structure; Nest box occupancy; Spatial scale; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree Swallows

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MANURE; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOW (BIRD);

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; SWALLOWS;

EID: 55949103173     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1107.1     Document Type: Article

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