Quantifying avian nest survival along an urbanization gradient using citizen- And scientist-generated data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 419-426

  Ryder, Thomas B ^a   Reitsma, Robert ^a   Evans, Brian ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Citizen science; Land use matrix; MARK; Nest survival; Predation pressure; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; MAMMAL; NEST PREDATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77950110085     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0040.1     Document Type: Article

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