Snake behavior and seasonal variation in nest survival of northern cardinals Cardinalis cardinalis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 496-502

  Sperry, Jinelle H ^a,b   Barron, Douglas G ^a,c   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; ELAPHE OBSOLETA LINDHEIMERII; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; RATTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 84868681003     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05632.x     Document Type: Article

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