Breeding behaviour of Nuthatch Sitta europaea in relation to natural hole attributes in a primeval forest

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-155

  Wesołowski, Tomasz ^a   Rowiński, Patryk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; AVES; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; SITTA; SITTA EUROPAEA; SITTIDAE;

EID: 3142750662     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461346     Document Type: Article

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