Positive interactions between migrant and resident birds: Testing the heterospecific attraction hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 431-438

  Thomson, Robert L ^a   Forsman, Jukka T ^a   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Chaffinch; Cues; Habitat selection; Titmice

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLA COELEBS; PARIDAE;

EID: 0037291503     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1140-0     Document Type: Article

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