Nest site selection of Chinese grouse Bonasa sewerzowi at Lianhuashan, Gansu, China

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Sun, Yue Hua ^a   Fang, Yun ^a   Jia, Chen Xi ^a   Klaus, Siegfried ^b   Swenson, Jon E ^c,d   Scherzinger, Wolfgang ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Thüringer Landesanstalt für Umwelt and Geologi ^*  (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonasa sewerzowi; Breeding ecology; Chinese grouse; Lianhuashan; Nest site selection; People's Republic of China

Indexed keywords

BETULA UTILIS; BONASA BONASIA; BONASA SEWERZOWI; CONIFERALES; SALIX;

EID: 34548020974     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[68:NSSOCG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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