Long-distance relocation of nestboxes reduces nest predation by Pine Marten Martes martes

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Sorace, Alberto ^a,b   Petrassi, Fabrizio ^b   Consiglio, Carlo ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SROPU   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; NESTING; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES MARTES; PASSERIFORMES; QUERCUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 3142735943     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461343     Document Type: Article

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