Effects of edge type and nest height on predation of artificial nests within subtropical Australian eucalypt forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 203, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 361-372

  Piper, Scott D ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Eucalypt forests; Nest predation; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NESTS; BIRDS NESTINGS; PLASTICINE EGGS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST PREDATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; EGGS; FORESTRY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 8844248710     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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