Are certain habitats better every year? A review and a case study on birds of prey

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 545-552

  Lõhmus, Asko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0344962415     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.1999.03575.x     Document Type: Review

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