Black-chinned Hummingbird nest-site selection and nest survival in response to fuel reduction in a southwestern riparian forest

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-652

  Smith, D Max ^a,b   Finch, Deborah M ^a   Hawksworth, David L ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Archeological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Archilochus alexandri; Black chinned Hummingbird; Fuel reduction; Nest survival; Nest site selection; Riparian

Indexed keywords

ARCHILOCHUS ALEXANDRI; AVES; ELAEAGNUS; ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; TAMARIX; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 77249135930     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.090089     Document Type: Article

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