Research needs and recommendations for the use of conspecificattraction methods in the conservation of migratory songbirds

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-264

  Ahlering, Marissa A ^a,g   Arlt, Debora ^b,h   Betts, Matthew G ^c   Fletcher Jr , Robert J ^d   Nocera, Joseph J ^e   Ward, Michael P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian conservation techniques; Conspecific attraction; Endangered and threatened species; Habitat selection; Playbacks; Social information

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 77953403476     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090239     Document Type: Article

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