Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) breeding demography across a gradient of savanna, woodland, and forest in the Missouri Ozarks

摘要: ABSTRACT. Better knowledge of bird response to savanna and woodland restoration is needed inform management these communities. We related temporal habitat variables breeding demography densities the Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) across a gradient savanna, woodland, forest. determined nest success, clutch size, young fledged, evaluated support for relationships with year, stage, date, height, tree cover, percent forest in 10-km radius. One hundred twenty-eight 310 nests (41.3%) fledged young. The most supported nest-survival model included stage landscape. Daily survival was greater incubation than nestling increased substantially decreasing Four (1.3%) were parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater). WoodPewee density 83% over range 10–170% cover (percent stocking). Increased s...