Nest-site selection and nest predation in meadow pipits

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-37

  Halupka, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthus pratensis; Body condition; Life history; Nest predation; Nest site selection

Indexed keywords

MEADOW PIPIT; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE SELECTION; TUSSOCK;

POLAND;

ANTHUS PRATENSIS;

EID: 0031802572     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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