Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) breeding success in relation to colony size, nest position and association with Merlins (Falco columbarius)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 165-172

  Wiklund, Christer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000977254     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00300059     Document Type: Article

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