Top predator and interference competition modify the occurrence and breeding success of a specialist species in a structurally complex forest environment

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-164

  Pakkala, Timo ^a   Kouki, Jari ^b   Tiainen, Juha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; BIRD; FOREST; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; MAMMALIA; PICIDAE; PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS;

EID: 33646677482     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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