Power lines, roads, and avian nest survival: Effects on predator identity and predation intensity

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1589-1600

  Degregorio, Brett A ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a   Sperry, Jinelle H ^a,b  

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

^b USAE Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown headed cowbirds; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Nest cameras; Nest predation; Rat snakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899754280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1049     Document Type: Article

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