Habitat selection by breeding pheasants Phasianus colchicus in an agricultural area of northern Italy

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-201

  Genovesi, Piero ^a   Besa, Marco ^a   Toso, Silvano ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Cover; Home range; Mating; Nesting; Reproduction; Shelter belt

Indexed keywords

PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0033457366     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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