Black-billed Magpies (Pica pica) adjust nest characteristics to adapt to urbanization in Hangzhou, China

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 676-684

  Wang, Yanping ^a   Chen, Shuihua ^b   Jiang, Pingping ^a   Ding, Ping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONIZATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NEST; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HANGZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

AVES; CORVIDAE; PICA PICA;

EID: 47249104663     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-045     Document Type: Article

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