Inverse edge effect on nest predation in a Kenyan forest fragment: An experimental case study

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-378

  Spanhove, Toon ^a   Lehouck, Valérie ^a   Lens, Luc ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR; SPECIALIST; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

COAST PROVINCE; KENYA; TAITA HILLS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 74149087449     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270909008752     Document Type: Article

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