Breeding ecology of Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola in their key habitats in SW Belarus

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-161

  Vergeichik, Lyubov ^a   Kozulin, Alexander ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus paludicola; Aquatic Warbler; Breeding success; Mires; Predation; Reedbeds; Shrews; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

EGG; HABITAT SELECTION; MIRE; MORTALITY; NESTING; NESTLING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER LEVEL;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACROCEPHALUS PALUDICOLA; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 33846815454     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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