Residential edges as ecological traps: Postfledging survival of a ground-nesting passerine in a forested urban park

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-511

  Shipley, Amy A ^a,b   Murphy, Michael T ^a   Elzinga, Adam H ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic Cat; Ecological trap; Edge; Juvenile survival; Pipilo maculatus; Radiotelemetry; Severe trap; Spotted Towhee; Urban

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; MORTALITY; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; MEGASCOPS KENNICOTTII; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PIPILO; PIPILO MACULATUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84882403927     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12139     Document Type: Article

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