Habitat selection by Marsh Tits Poecile palustris in the UK

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 224-233

  Hinsley, Shelley A ^a   Carpenter, Jane E ^a,b   Broughton, Richard K ^a   Bellamy, Paul E ^a   Rothery, Peter ^a   Amar, Arjun ^c   Hewson, Chris M ^d   Gosler, Andrew G ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SAMPLING; TRANSECT; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CERVIDAE; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MONTANUS; PARUS PALUSTRIS; PASSERIFORMES; SALIX;

EID: 36448943976     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00691.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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