Nuthatches Sitta europaea do not delay postfledging dispersal in isolated forest fragments

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Currie, David ^a,b   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat fragmentation; Juvenile mortality; Nuthatch

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; JUVENILE MORTALITY; NUTHATCH;

SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0031773649     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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