Does interspecific competition affect territorial distribution of birds? A long-term study on Siberian Phylloscopus warblers

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 341-350

  Bourski, Oleg V ^a   Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^b,c  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

AVES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS COLLYBITA; PHYLLOSCOPUS INORNATUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS PROREGULUS;

EID: 0034000866     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880213.x     Document Type: Article

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