Snakes are important nest predators of Dickcissels in an agricultural landscape

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-803

  Klug, Page E ^a,b   Wolfenbarger, L Lareesa ^a   McCarty, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAMMAL; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

IOWA; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; MAMMALIA; MOLOTHRUS ATER; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SERPENTES; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 78649347675     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-203.1     Document Type: Article

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