Gap-crossing decisions of woodland songbirds in Scotland: An experimental approach

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 678-687

  Creegan, Helen P ^a   Osborne, Patrick E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Forest habitat networks; Habitat fragmentation; Mobbing behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANOPY GAP; DISPERSAL; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SONGBIRD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; PARUS ATER; PASSERI; REGULUS REGULUS; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 28244480345     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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