Effects of human disturbance on spatial and temporal feeding patterns of blackbird turdus merula in urban parks in madrid, spain

Bird Study

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-21

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Tellería, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT USE; PASSERINE;

MADRID; SPAIN;

TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0034161925     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461156     Document Type: Article

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