Breeding biology of the sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus in the river Nida wetlands (Poland)

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 621-629

  Król, Wiesław ^a   Solarz, Wojciech ^a   Zaja̧c, Tadeusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Breeding success; Flood; Nestlings growth; Poland; Predation; Sedge warbler; Territory

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 19044384168     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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