Appearance and vulnerability of artificial duck nests to avian predators

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 410-415

  Opermanis, Otars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; VULNERABILITY;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE ENGURE; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 4644340834     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03243.x     Document Type: Article

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