Survival of Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus clutches in relation to nest position

Bird Study

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 104-108

  Honza, Marcel ^a   Øien, Ingar Jostein ^b   Moksnes, Arne ^b   RøSkaft, Eivin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accipiter; Acrocephalus; Circus; Corvus; Cuculus; Garrulus; Micromys; Muscardinus; Mustela; Sciurcus

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; NEST PREDATION; NEST SIDE; REED WARBLER; SURVIVAL;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 0031931846     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461083     Document Type: Article

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