Natural nest sites of the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in a primeval forest

Ardea

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-229

  Czeszczewik, Dorota ^a   Walankiewicz, Wieslaw ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ficedula hypoleuca; Hole dimensions; Hole placement; Natural holes; Nest predation; Nest sites; Primeval forest

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; TREEHOLE;

BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ALNUS; CARPINUS; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; FRAXINUS; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS;

EID: 1842765638     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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