Predation of a wintering migratory songbird by introduced rats: Can nocturnal roosting behavior serve as predator avoidance?

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 565-569

  Townsend, Jason M ^a   Rimmer, Christopher C ^b   Brocca, Jorge ^c   McFarland, Kent P ^d   Townsend, Andrea K ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

^c Parque Zoológico Nacional   (Dominican Republic)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicknell's Thrush; Catharus bicknelli; Dominican Republic; Introduced predators; Migratory songbirds; Predation; Rattus; Roosting behavior

Indexed keywords

AVES; CATHARUS BICKNELLI; PASSERI; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; TURDIDAE;

EID: 70349632889     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.090062     Document Type: Article

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