High common Vole Microtus arvalis predation on ground-nesting bird eggs and nestlings

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-174

  Bures, Stanislay ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0031037981     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04518.x     Document Type: Article

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