Foraging niches of two passerines at their subarctic limit of distribution: The Siberian Tit Parus cinctus and the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Veistola, Simo ^a   Lehikoinen, Esa ^a   Eeva, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD NICHE; PIED FLYCATCHER; SIBERIAN TIT;

FINLAND, LAPLAND;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PARUS CINCTUS;

EID: 0031469007     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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