Black-capped vireo nest predator assemblage and predictors for nest predation

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1401-1411

  Conkling, Tara J ^a,c   Pope, Theresa L ^a   Smith, Kathryn N ^a,b   Mathewson, Heather A ^a   Morrison, Michael L ^a   Wilkins, R Neal ^a   Cain III, James W ^b,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

black capped vireo; nest camera; nest predation; predators; Texas; Vireo atricapilla

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BREEDING SITE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; NEST PREDATION; NESTLING; PREDATION RISK; SNAKE; SONGBIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865376637     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.388     Document Type: Article

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