A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Common Management Actions on the Nest Success of North American Birds

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 657-666

  Hartway, Cynthia ^a   Mills, L Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Grazing; Molothrus; Predator control; Prescribed fire; Restoration

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR CONTROL; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRE; FOOD CHAIN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRES; FOOD CHAIN; REPRODUCTION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 84864017360     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01883.x     Document Type: Article

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