The nest predator assemblage for songbirds in Mono Lake Basin Riparian Habitats

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-287

  Latif, Quresh S ^a,b   Heath, Sacha K ^c,d,e   Ballard, Grant ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Oikonos   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDA; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI; RODENTIA; THAMNOPHIS;

EID: 84871223993     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.072.0302     Document Type: Article

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