Agonistic behaviour of Palaearctic passerine migrants at a stopover site suggests interference competition

Ostrich

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-355

  Salewski, Volker ^a   Almasi, Bettina ^a   Heuman, Agneta ^a   Thoma, Marco ^a   Schlageter, Adrian ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; SALIX;

EID: 34547917951     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2007.78.2.37.117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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