Breeding success and predation on artificial nests of the endemic pigeons Bolle's Laurel Pigeon Columba bollii and White-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae in the laurel forest of Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-59

  Hernández, Miguel A ^a   Martín, Aurelio ^a   Nogales, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; NEST PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

COLUMBA BOLLII; COLUMBA JUNONIAE; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 17344389406     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04262.x     Document Type: Article

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