Nest site selection by the dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius in two different landscapes

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-122

  Berg, Lena ^a   Berg, Åke ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; RODENT; SHRUB; SITE SELECTION;

SWEDEN;

MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS;

EID: 0031764998     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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