Smaller Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida elaeica nests suffer less predation than larger ones

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-92

  Antonov, Anton ^a  

^a NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Breeding; Fledgling success; Hippolais pallida; Nest predation; Nest size; Olivaceous Warbler

Indexed keywords

NEST; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIZE EFFECT;

BULGARIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

HIPPOLAIS; HIPPOLAIS PALLIDA;

EID: 12244313943     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0205     Document Type: Article

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