Multi-scale habitat selection and foraging ecology of the eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) in pine plantations

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1073-1087

  Barbaro, Luc ^a   Couzi, Laurent ^b   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^c   Nezan, Julien ^a   Vetillard, Fabrice ^a  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Foraging; Habitat complementation; Home range; Mosaic landscapes; Pine plantations; Radio tracking; Thaumetopoea pityocampa; Upupa epops

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOTH; NESTING SUCCESS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA; UPUPA EPOPS; UPUPIDAE;

EID: 44049087129     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9241-z     Document Type: Article

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