Forest size and isolation have no effect on reproductive success of Eurasian Nuthatches (Sitta europaea)

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 955-963

  Matthysen, Erik ^a   Adriaensen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLATED POPULATION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS; SITTA EUROPAEA; SITTIDAE; STURNIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031723791     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089513     Document Type: Article

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