Foraging ecology of two bark foraging passerine birds in an old-growth temperate forest

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Adamík, Peter ^a   Korňan, Martin ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Center for Ecological Studies   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOST PREFERENCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PASSERINE;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALA FATRA MOUNTAINS; SLOVAKIA; WESTERN CARPATHIANS; ZILINSKY;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; AVES; CERTHIA; CERTHIA FAMILIARIS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PASSERIFORMES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SITTA; SITTA EUROPAEA;

EID: 18244421398     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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