Postfledging survival of eastern bluebirds in an urbanized landscape

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1082-1093

  Jackson, Allyson K ^a,b   Froneberger, Joshua P ^a   Cristol, Daniel A ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern bluebird; golf course; juvenile survival; nest survival model; postfledging; Program MARK; radio telemetry; Sialia sialis; Virginia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FLEDGING; GOLF COURSE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; NEST BOX; NESTING SUCCESS; RADIOTELEMETRY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AVES; SIALIA; SIALIA SIALIS;

EID: 79959724659     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.154     Document Type: Article

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