Effect of Japanese lesser sparrowhawks Accipiter gularis on the nest site selection of azure-winged magpies Cyanopica cyana through their nest defending behavior

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-431

  Ueta, Mutsuyuki ^a  

^a Japan Bird Research Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; RAPTOR; SITE SELECTION;

ACCIPITER GULARIS; ACCIPITRINAE; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MACRORHYNCHOS; CYANOPICA CYANUS;

EID: 34347342672     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.04172.x     Document Type: Article

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