How avian nest site selection responds to predation risk: Testing an 'adaptive peak hypothesis'

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-138

  Latif, Quresh S ^a   Heath, Sacha K ^b,c   Rotenberry, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Dendroica petechia; Habitat selection; Mono Lake; Nest predation; Nest site preference; Riparian; Yellow Warblers

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROHABITAT; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; RIPARIAN ZONE; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMAL; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SNAKE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMALS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAKES; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; MONO LAKE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DENDROICA PETECHIA;

EID: 83155172396     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01895.x     Document Type: Article

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