Nesting success and seasonal fecundity of the Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Farnsworth GL. 1998. Nesting success and seasonal fecundity of the Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. North Carolina State University
'The goal of my study was to evaluate whether Great Smoky Mountains National Park is acting as a population source for the Wood Thrush.' This dissertation has 5 main chapters: Natural history and breeding ecology; Factors affecting nesting success of the Wood Thrush in Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Modeling seasonal fecundity of wood thrushes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Evaluating Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a population source for Wood Thrush; and How many baskets? Optimal clutch size in multiple-brooded birds.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Farnsworth, George
- Date of Issue
- 1998
- Publisher
- North Carolina State University
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Clutch Size, Dissertation, Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, Nests & Nesting, Reproduction, Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)