Breeding biology of the Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix in Warta river valley (W Poland);Biologia rozrodu wrony siwej w Parku Narodo-wym "Ujście Warty"

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-150

  Zduniak, Piotr ^a   Kuczyński, Lechosław ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

"Uj cie Warty" National Park; Breeding biology; Breeding success; Clutch size; Corvus corone cornix; Egg size; Hooded Crow

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; HATCHING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; PASSERIFORMES; SALIX;

EID: 0942299863     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.038.0201     Document Type: Article

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