Predators of Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata nests in southern England as determined by digital nest-cameras

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-187

  Stevens, Danaë K ^a   Anderson, Guy Q A ^a   Grice, Philip V ^b   Norris, Ken ^c   Butcher, Nigel ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR;

BEDFORDSHIRE; CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; MAMMALIA; MUSCICAPA STRIATA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 47249139497     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461520     Document Type: Article

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