Breeding Phenology of Birds: Mechanisms Underlying Seasonal Declines in the Risk of Nest Predation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Borgmann, Kathi L ^a   Conway, Courtney J ^b   Morrison, Michael L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CYANOCITTA STELLERI; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMPIDONAX OBERHOLSERI; FEMALE; FOLIAGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST PREDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; PHENOLOGY; PLANT DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCIURIDAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; TAMIAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES; EMPIDONAX OBERHOLSERI;

EID: 84878943323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065909     Document Type: Article

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