Breeding success and timing of the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca nesting in natural holes and nest-boxes in the Białowieza Forest, Poland

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

  Czeszczewik, Dorota ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bia owieza Forest; Breeding biology; Clutch size; Ficedula hypoleuca; Nest boxes; Pied Flycatcher; Predation rate; Tree holes

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLUTCH SIZE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 3242755735     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0106     Document Type: Article

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