Landscape and regional context differentially affect nest parasitism and nest predation for wood thrush in central Virginia, USA

Condor

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-214

  Etterson, Matthew A ^a   Greenberg, Russell ^b   Hollenhorst, Tom ^a  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Edge effects; Hylocichla mustelina; MCestimate; Nest parasitism; Nest predation; Wood thrush

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982227569     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-13-045.1     Document Type: Article

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