The effect of habitat structure on guild patterns and the foraging strategies of insectivorous birds in forests

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-285

  Adamík, Peter ^a   Korňan, Martin ^b,d   Vojtek, Juraj ^c  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Slovak National Park Service   (Slovakia)

^c SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^d Center for Ecological Studies   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Guild structure; Habitat degradation; Habitat selection; Primeval forest; Resource partitioning; r mkov NNR

Indexed keywords

AVES; PICEA;

EID: 0347694883     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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