Climate- and resource-driven long-term changes in dormice populations negatively affect hole-nesting songbirds

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-215

  Adamik P ^a,b   Kral M ^c  

^a Museum of Natural History   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Forestry Commission   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Glis glis; Indirect effects; Nest predation; Population trends; Pulsed resources

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOOD CHAIN; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MASTING; NEST PREDATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SONGBIRD; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; MYOXIDAE; MYOXUS GLIS; PASSERI;

EID: 47349133345     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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