Adaptive settlement in sedge warblers Acrocephalus schoenobaenus-focus on the scale of individuals

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-134

  Zajac, Tadeusz ^a   Solarz, Wojciech ^a   Bielański, Wojciech ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Experience; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat selection; Mating; Population regulation; Pre emption; Sedge warbler; Site dependence

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; HABITAT; MATING BEHAVIOR; NESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; WETLAND;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33645973671     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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