Seed predation by birds shortly after a wildfire in a Corsican pine forest

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Thibault, Jean Claude ^a   Prodon, Roger ^b  

^a Parc Naturel Régional de Corse ^*  (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Corsica; Fire; Hoarding; Parus ater; Pinus nigra laricio; Seed eating; Sitta whiteheadi

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARUS ATER; PINUS NIGRA; SITTA WHITEHEADI; SITTIDAE;

EID: 33644827081     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF04037     Document Type: Article

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