European Starlings and Their Effect on Native Cavity-Nesting Birds

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1134-1140

  Koenig, Walter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; NESTING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; SPHYRAPICUS; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0345017598     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02262.x     Document Type: Article

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