Reproduction of the rook, Corvus frugilegus in relation to the colony size and foraging habitats

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-193

  Kasprzykowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Breeding parameters; Foraging areas; Rookeries

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLUTCH SIZE; COLONY; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 34547623407     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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