Habitat-related nest predation effect on the breeding success of the Eurasian treecreeper

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-288

  Huhta, Esa ^a   Jäntti, Ari ^b   Suorsa, Petri ^c   Aho, Teija ^b   Kuitunen, Markku ^b   Nikula, Ari ^a   Hakkarainen, Harri ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Certhia familiaris; Forest fragmentation; Nest predation; Treecreeper

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT; NEST PREDATION;

AVES; CERTHIA; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS; MURIDAE; MUSTELIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0042438899     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682775     Document Type: Article

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