On the Danger of Using Dummy Nests to Study Predation

1988/04/01 by Tomas Willebrand · 190 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Ecology #Geography #Plant and animal studies #Predation #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology

paper · doi:10.2307/4087508

published in The Auk 105(2), 378-379 (Oxford University Press)

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Citations

• Predation on Dummy Nests of Ground-Nesting Birds in the Southern Appalachians

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