Habitat selection of migrating Sedge Warblers (acrocephalus schoenobaenus) and Marsh Warblers (a. Palustris) in a South-Hungarian reed swamp

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Gyuracz J ^a   Bank, L ^b  

^a Berzsenyi College   (Hungary)

^b Local Group of County Baranya   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus palustris; Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Habitat selection; Marsh Warbler; Sedge Warbler; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354172     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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