What constitutes a nesting attempt? Variation in criteria causes bias and hinders comparisons across studies

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-40

  Garcia, Victoria ^a   Conway, Courtney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Burrowing Owl; Cavity nesting; Daily nest survival; Nest monitoring; Nesting attempt; Nesting success

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING BIAS; SURVIVAL;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 67649327759     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.06259     Document Type: Article

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