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Article: Pairing success of wood thrushes in a fragmented agricultural landscape.
- Article from:
- Wilson Bulletin
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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Habitat fragmentation has been associated with low pairing success of some Neotropical migrant songbirds residing in forest fragments and along forest edges. For example, fewer territorial male Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus) were paired in small forests than in large ones in Missouri (Gibbs and Faaborg 1990, Van Horn et al. 1995), New Jersey (Wander 1985), Ontario (Burke and Nol 1998), and Quebec (Villard et al. 1993). Ziehmer (1993, cited in Faaborg et al. 1995) documented lower pairing success for Red-eyed Vireos (Vireo olivaceus) and Wood Thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) around clearings in large, selectively logged forests in Missouri.
With respect to Wood ...