Nesting failure in Finnish Northern Goshawks Accipiter gentilis: Incidence and cause

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Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-604

  Byholm, Patrik ^a   Nikula, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; EGG PREDATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; NESTING SUCCESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; BUBO BUBO; CORVIDA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33846944637     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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