Artificial Nest Experiments: Effects of Nest Appearance and Type of Predator

Ornithological ApplicationsPublished 1 November 1987

Thomas E. Martin

Citations232

TL;DR

Results of experiments that test effects of nest appearance and placement on probability of nest predation are reported, indicating that any biases were consistent among sites and nest types.

Abstract

Journal Article Artificial Nest Experiments: Effects of Nest Appearance and Type of Predator Get access Thomas E. Martin Thomas E. Martin Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Condor, Volume 89, Issue 4, 1 November 1987, Pages 925–928, https://doi.org/10.2307/1368547 Published: 01 November 1987 Article history Received: 23 December 1986 Accepted: 08 April 1987 Published: 01 November 1987

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