Predation by snakes on eggs and nestlings of Great Tit Parus major and Blue Tit P. caeruleus

Ibis

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 328-330

  Sorace, Alberto ^a   Consiglio, Carlo ^b   Tanda, Federica ^b   Lanzuisi, Elisa ^a   Cattaneo, Augusto ^c   Iavicoli, Daniele ^a  

^a SROPU   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0034073355     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04875.x     Document Type: Article

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