Scale effects of habitat selection in breeding nuthatches (Sitta europaea) in two different woodlands

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-48

  Burkhardt, Joachim F ^a   Schlund, Wolfgang ^a   Stauss, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat fidelity; Habitat preference; Nest box occupation; Spatial scale; Territory

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS-MIXED WOODLAND; DECIDUOUS WOODLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; NUTHATCH; OAK; SCALE;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS; SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0031746297     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01651314     Document Type: Article

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