Tree and cone selection by crossbills Loxia sp. and red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris at Abernethy forest, Strathspey

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 173-182

  Summers, R W ^a   Proctor, R ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Loxia sp. Sciurus vulgaris; Pinus sylvestris; Selection

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PREDATION RISK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033553796     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00496-4     Document Type: Article

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