THE EFFECTS OF PATCH SHAPE ON INDIGO BUNTINGS: EVIDENCE FOR AN ECOLOGICAL TRAP

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Science Article 1

abstract

Habitat loss and fragmentation have led to a widespread increase in the proportion of edge habitat in the landscape. Disturbance-dependent bird species are widely assumed to benefit from these edges. However, anthropogenic edges may concentrate nest predators while retaining habitat cues that birds use to select breeding habitat

AIMEE J.WELDON AND NICK M. HADDAD, Ecology, 86(6), 2005, pp. 1422-1431

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