Breeding biology of Magpie Pica pica in a montane area of Aragon;Biología reproductiva de la Urraca Pica pica en un área de montaña de Aragón

Ardeola

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 411-423

  Ponz, Adrián ^a,b   Gil Delgado, José Antonio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital of Alcañiz   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Magpie; Nest type; Predation

Indexed keywords

CORVIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; PICA; PICA PICA;

EID: 18844403894     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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