Territory quality and feather growth in the White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-207

  Carlson, Allan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PTILOCHRONOLOGY; RANGE CONTRACTION;

DENDROCOPOS LEUCOTOS;

EID: 0031863757     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677201     Document Type: Article

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