Nest predation as a limiting factor to the breeding population size of the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis in the Bialowieza National Park (NE Poland);Drapieznictwo gniazdowe ogranicza liczebność lȩgowa̧ muchołówki białoszyjej (z krytycznym przegla̧dem wcześniejszych hipotez)

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-106

  Walankiewicz, Wieslaw ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Collared Flycatcher; Doomed surplus; Ficedula albicollis; Nest predation; Population dynamics; Tree cavities

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; LIMITING FACTOR; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE;

BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK; POLAND;

AVES; CARPINUS; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; MUSTELIDAE; QUERCO; QUERCUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036977877     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.037.0205     Document Type: Article

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