The influence of territory characteristics and food supply on the breeding performance of the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) in an extensively farmed region of eastern Poland

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-353

  Goławski, Artur ^a   Meissner, Włodzimierz ^b  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Extensive farmland; Farmland ecology; Territory characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLUTCH SIZE; FLEDGING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; MODELING; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TERRITORY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

LANIUS COLLURIO;

EID: 40349091410     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0383-y     Document Type: Article

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