Predation on simulated duck nests in relation to nest density and landscape structure

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 597-603

  Padysakova, Elika ^a   Šálek, Martin ^a,b   Poledník, Lukáš ^c   Sedláček, Frantiek ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c ALKA Wildlife ^*  (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

density dependent predation; landscape type; littoral patch; nest predators; nest success; simulated nests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOCESKY;

ANATIDAE; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650628871     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10043     Document Type: Article

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