Experimental Study of Predation on Eggs of Ground-Nesting Birds: Effects of Habitat and Nest Distribution
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 90 (1) , 124-131
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1368441
Abstract
Predation pressure on nests of ground-nesting birds was examined experimentally by offering predators artificial nests with small, white chicken eggs in three a...This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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