Environmental factors determine numbers of over-wintering European stonechats Saxicola rubicola - A long term study

Ardea

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-259

  Rödl, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod food; Climatic changes; Density dependence; Pairing; Rainfall; Saxicola rubicola; Winter territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844477247     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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