Postfledging survivorship and habitat selection across a rural-to-urban landscape gradient

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-302

  Ausprey, Ian J ^a,b   Rodewald, Amanda D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Klamath Bird Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fledgling survival; Habitat selection; Honeysuckle; Invasive plants; Postfledging; Predation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FLEDGING; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; PLANT; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SURVIVORSHIP; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII;

EID: 79957451917     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10158     Document Type: Article

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