Effects of habitat fragmentation on foraging behaviour of tits and related species: Does niche space vary in relation to size and degree of isolation of forest fragments?

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-286

  Nour, Nadia ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a   Dhondt, André A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NICHE SPACE; TIT;

PARIDAE;

EID: 0030618688     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00372.x     Document Type: Article

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