Spring to autumn home range and habitat use of a high density population of the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) in Praha, Czech Republic

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-306

  Šálek, Miroslav ^a   Marhoul, Pavel ^b   Pintíř, Jan ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Compositional analysis; Grey partridge; Habitat preference; Radiotacking; Weed habitats

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; WEED;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 0036960347     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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