Territory structure of the Robin Erithacus rubecula outside the breeding season

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-251

  Johnstone, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; RANGE SHIFT; TERRITORIALITY;

ERITHACUS RUBECULA;

EID: 0031960806     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04385.x     Document Type: Article

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