Habitat fragmentation reduces disperser success in juvenile nuthatches Sitta europaea: Evidence from patterns of territory establishment

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Matthysen, Erik ^a   Currie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NUTHATCH; TERRITORY;

SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0030304972     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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