Habitat requirements and foraging behaviour of the Corsican nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 477-486

  Thibault, Jean Claude ^a   Prodon, Roger ^b   Villard, Pascal ^b   Seguin, Jean François ^a  

^a Parc Naturel Régional de Corse ^*  (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PINUS NIGRA; SITTA WHITEHEADI; SITTIDAE;

EID: 33748345808     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2006.03645.x     Document Type: Article

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