Patterns of territory settlement and consequences for breeding success in the Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Ibis

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-398

  Currie, Dave ^a,c   Thompson, Des B A ^b   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORY;

BARDSEY ISLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

OENANTHE OENANTHE;

EID: 0033910812     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04435.x     Document Type: Article

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