Does nest predation affect nest-site selection in larks?

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-267

  Yanes, Miguel ^b   Oñate, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LESSER SHORT-TOED LARK; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; SITE SELECTION; THEKLA LARK;

CALANDRELLA RUFESCENS; GALERIDA THEKLAE;

EID: 0029660687     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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