The effect of forest patch size on the breeding biology of the great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-220

  Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^a   Rejt, Łukasz ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOREST; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

AVES; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR;

EID: 33646694552     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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