Predation on artificial ground nests in relation to forest fragmentation, agricultural land and habitat structure

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Huhta, Esa ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a   Jokimäki, Jukka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FARMLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION;

FINLAND; LAPLAND;

EID: 0030304971     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00158.x     Document Type: Article

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