Breeding biology and breeding success of the Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor in a stable and dense population

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Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 305-311

  Kristin, Anton ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^b   Valera, Francisco ^b   Hoi, Christine ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST ECOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EUROPE;

LANIUS MINOR;

EID: 0034076296     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04870.x     Document Type: Article

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