Social structure, habitat use and breeding biology of hedgerow dunnocks prunella modularis

Bird Study

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-193

  Bishton, Glenn ^a  

^a Butchers Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HEDGEROW; MATING SUCCESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; PRUNELLA MODULARIS; ROSA CANINA; RUBUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034932471     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461217     Document Type: Article

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