Population demography of Gray Catbirds in the suburban matrix: Sources, sinks and domestic cats

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 717-726

  Balogh, Anne L ^a,b   Ryder, Thomas B ^b   Marra, Peter P ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Nest survival; Post fledging survival; Source sink dynamics; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NEST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; SUBURBAN AREA; SURVIVAL; URBANIZATION;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

AVES; CAROLINENSIS; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; FELIS CATUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79958767892     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0648-7     Document Type: Article

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