Reproductive success and causes of nest failures for Mississippi kites: A sink population in eastern Arkansas?

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 598-606

  Bader, Troy J ^a,b   Bednarz, James C ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwood forest; Hydrology; Ictinia mississippiensis; Predation; Video recording system

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE;

ICTINIA; ICTINIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; RATTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 77749270817     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-53.1     Document Type: Article

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