Nest monitoring does not increase nest predation in open-nesting songbirds: Inference from continuous nest-survival data

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 859-868

  Weidinger, Karel ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cox Andersen Gill model; Disturbance; Nest predators; Nest success; Observer effect; Passerines; Survival time analysis; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; CORVIDA; PASSERI; TURDIDAE; TURDUS;

EID: 63049086350     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07016     Document Type: Article

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