Consequences of the settlement of migrant European Robins Erithacus rubecula in wintering habitats occupied by conspecific residents

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 258-268

  Tellería, José Luis ^a   Pérez Tris, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; ERITHACUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS;

EID: 2042433683     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2003.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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