Factors influencing Willow Tit Poecile montanus site occupancy: A comparison of abandoned and occupied woods

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Lewis, Alex J G ^a   Amar, Arjun ^a   Cordi Piec, Daniel ^a   Thewlis, Richard M ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; SOIL WATER; WOOD;

DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; PARUS MONTANUS; SALIX; SALIX ARBUSCULOIDES;

EID: 36448962000     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00733.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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