Does photo-monitoring affect nest predation?

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-101

  Herranz, Jesús ^a   Yanes, Miguel ^a   Suárez, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Columba palumbus; Corvids; Photographic cameras; Spain

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; ELIOMYS QUERCINUS; ELYOMIS QUERCINUS; PICA; PICA PICA;

EID: 0036002371     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.1.97     Document Type: Article

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