Pine plantations as a breeding habitat for a hole-nesting bird species crested tit (Parus cristatus) in southern Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 267-278

  Maícas, Ramón ^a   Fernández Haeger, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Breeding performance; Crested tit; Nest boxes; Nest site selection; Pine plantations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY;

FLEDGLING WEIGHT; PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PLANTATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS CRISTATUS; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 2642542726     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.021     Document Type: Article

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