Age and breeding success related to nest position in a White stork Ciconia ciconia colony

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 414-418

  Vergara, Pablo ^a   Aguirre, José I ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nest; Human disturbance; Peripheral nest; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

AVES; CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 33845317846     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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