Linking frequencies of acorn masting in temperate forests to long-term population growth rates in a songbird: The veery (Catharus fuscescens)

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• bird 9%
• breeding 11%
• crop 25%
• field study 10%
• loss 6%
• masting 100%
• nest 13%
• oak 23%
• parameter 4%
• population decline 13%
• population dynamics 11%
• population growth 54%
• population trend 43%
• predator 10%
• raptor 16%
• reproductive success 14%
• resource 19%
• rodent 37%
• seed 51%
• seed production 16%
• simulation 5%
• songbird 81%
• survivorship 14%
• temperate forest 65%
• terrestrial ecosystem 11%
• trophic cascade 16%

Agriculture & Biology

• acorns 75%
• birds 5%
• birds of prey 9%
• breeding 5%
• Catharus 94%
• crops 13%
• masting 85%
• nests 6%
• population dynamics 7%
• population growth 55%
• predators 6%
• Quercus 15%
• reproductive success 7%
• rodents 21%
• seed productivity 8%
• seed size 9%
• songbirds 68%
• survival rate 6%
• temperate forests 68%
• terrestrial ecosystems 10%