Nest-site selection and nest survival of the Rusty Blackbird: Does timber management adjacent to wetlands create ecological traps?

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 800-809

  Powell, Luke L ^a,d   Hodgman, Thomas P ^b   Glanz, William E ^a   Osenton, James D ^a   Fisher, Caleb M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c Sterling College   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal wetlands; Ecological trap; Euphagus carolinus; Forest fragmentation; Nest survival; Nest site selection; Rusty blackbird

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; AVES; CAREX; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; EUPHAGUS CAROLINUS;

EID: 78650659240     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.100152     Document Type: Article

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