The effect of nest usurpation on breeding success of the black-billed magpie Pica pica

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-217

  Prokop, Pavol ^a,b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Falco tinnunculus; Interspecific interference; Nest usurpation; Pica pica

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDAE; FALCO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; PICA; PICA PICA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 2442530730     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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