Predation risk of eggs and nestlings relative to nest-site characteristics of the bull-headed shrike lanius bucephalus

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 621-625

  Matsui, Shin ^a,b   Takagi, Masaoki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grassland cover; Nest concealment; Nest height; Oceanic island; Predator types

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; FELID; GRASSLAND; INCUBATION; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; MINAMIDAITO ISLAND; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

FELIS CATUS; IBIS; LANIUS BUCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA ITATSI; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 84868624847     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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