Influence of condition and habitat use on survival of post-fledging songbirds

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 400-411

  Vitz, Andrew C ^a,b   Rodewald, Amanda D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fledgling; Habitat use; Juvenile survival; Ovenbird; Post fledging; Predation; Worm eating Warbler

Indexed keywords

AVES; HELMITHEROS; PASSERI; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 79959359000     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.100023     Document Type: Article

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