Renesting decisions and annual fecundity of female dickcissels (Spiza americana) in Illinois

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1250-1261

  Walk, Jeffery W ^a,c   Wentworth, Kevin ^b,d   Kershner, Eric L ^a,e   Bollinger, Eric K ^b   Warner, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 7644239014     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090492     Document Type: Article

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