Spatiotemporal patterns in nest box occupancy by tree Swallows across North America;Tendance spatiotemporelle de l'occupation de nichoirs par l'hirondelle bicolore en Amérique du Nord

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-

  Shutler, Dave ^a   Hussell, David J T ^b   Norris, D R ^c   Winkler, David W ^d   Robertson, Raleigh J ^e   Bonier, Frances ^e   Rendell, Wallace B ^f   Bélisle, Marc ^g   Clark, Robert G ^h   Dawson, Russell D ⁱ   Wheelwright, Nathaniel T ^j   Lombardo, Michael P ^k   Thorpe, Patrick A ^k   Truan, Melanie A ^l   Walsh, Robert ^l   Leonard, Marty L ^m   Horn, Andrew G ^m   Vleck, Carol M ⁿ   Vleck, David ⁿ   Rose, Alexandra P ^o   Whittingham, Linda A ^p   Dunn, Peter O ^p   Hobson, Keith A ^h   Stanback, Mark T ^q   more..

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Loyalist College   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^k GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁿ IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^q DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Avian aerial insectivore; Migrant; Nest boxes; North american breeding bird survey; Population trends; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 84866463790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00517-070103     Document Type: Article

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