The timing of fledging and annual post-fledging survival of juvenile feral pigeons, Columba livia, in a city area (Pomerania, NW Poland)

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 367-375

  Hetmański, Tomasz ^a  

^a POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY IN S UPSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Columba livia; Competition; Feral pigeon; Fledgling mortality; Post fledging survival

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERAL ORGANISM; FLEDGING; HUNGER; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POMERANIA;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 34547560823     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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