Nest re-use by Blackbirds - The way for safe breeding?

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-168

  Wysocki, Dariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blackbird; Nest re use; Predation; Predator avoidance; Turdus merula

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SZCZECIN; WORLD; ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE;

TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PILARIS;

EID: 12244313489     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0202     Document Type: Article

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