Providing nest boxes for hole-nesting birds - Does habitat matter?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1823-1840

  Mänd, Raivo ^a   Tilgar, Vallo ^a   Lõhmus, Asko ^a   Leivits, Agu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Ecological trap; Habitat preference; Nest boxes; Parus major; Reproductive success; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE;

BALTIC STATES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 21044435214     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-1039-7     Document Type: Article

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