Do predators cause a change in passerine movement patterns as indicated by mist-net trapping rates?

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-76

  Trnka, Alfréd ^a   Prokop, Pavol ^a,b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Marsh Harrier silhouette; Predation; Reed Warbler; Risk assessment; Tree Sparrow

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; NESTING; PASSERINE; PREDATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAPPING;

EID: 33745556579     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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