Landscape forest cover and edge effects on songbird nest predation vary by nest predator

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 659-669

  Cox, W Andrew ^a   Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Faaborg, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause specific mortality; Forest birds; Nest survival; Passerines

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOREST COVER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; RODENT; SNAKE; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ILLINOIS; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AVES; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI; PASSERINA CYANEA; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84859862413     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9711-x     Document Type: Article

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