Nest-site fidelity and breeding success in White Stork Ciconia ciconia

Ibis

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 672-677

  Vergara, Pablo ^a   Aguirre, José I ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^b   Dávila, José A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COLONY STRUCTURE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE FIDELITY; WADER;

AVES; CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 33750180756     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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