Are urban habitats ecological traps for a native songbird? Season-long productivity, apparent survival, and site fidelity in urban and rural habitats

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-60

  Stracey, Christine M ^a,b   Robinson, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NESTING SUCCESS; RURAL AREA; SITE FIDELITY; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS; PASSERI;

EID: 84858747322     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05520.x     Document Type: Article

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