Home range and territory of the Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala in Mediterranean shrubland

Bird Study

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Bas, Josep M ^a   Pons, Pere ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE;

AVES; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 21244499369     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461383     Document Type: Article

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