Ground nesting in recultivated forest habitats - A study with artificial nests

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-145

  Purger, Jeno J ^a   Mészáros, Lídia A ^a   Purger, Dragica ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Hungary)

^b Janus Pannonius Museum   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Artificial ground nest; Nest predation; Plasticine egg; Quail egg; Recultivated area

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; CANOPY GAP; FOREST EDGE; FOREST FLOOR; NEST PREDATION;

BARANYA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; PECS; WORLD;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PHASIANIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS;

EID: 12244268695     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0211     Document Type: Article

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