Selection of night roosts in winter by capercaillie Tetrao urogallus in Central Europe

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 73-86

  Thiel, Dominik ^a,b   Unger, Christoph ^c   Kéry, Marc ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Nocturnal roosting tree; Paired logistic regression; Predator avoidance; Tetrao urogallus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 34548028227     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[73:SONRIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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