Breeding performance of the Blue tit Parus caeruleus in a patchy Mediterranean landscape

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-185

  Maicas Catalan R ^b   Fernandez Haeger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SPAIN;

PARUS CAERULEUS; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA; QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 0344673462     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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