Reproductive success of house sparrows along an urban gradient

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-503

  Peach, Will J ^a   Vincent, K E ^b   Fowler, J A ^b   Grice, P V ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick survival; Nest survival; Nitrogen dioxide; Random effects; Reproductive failure; Stochastic simulation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; STOCHASTICITY; URBANIZATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 58049119629     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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