Predation of eggs and incubating females in willow ptarmigan Lagopus l. lagopus

Fauna Norvegica

Volumn 23, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Munkebye, Eli ^a   Pedersen, Hans Chr ^a   Steen, Johan B ^b   Brøseth, Henrik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding; Incubation; Lagopus l. lagopus; Nest predation; Willow ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; EGG PREDATION; INCUBATION; NEST PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AVES; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; SALIX; SALIX ARBUSCULOIDES;

EID: 33645835192     PISSN: 15024873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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