Responses of songbirds to magpie reduction in an urban habitat

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2624-2631

  Chiron, François ^a   Julliard, Romain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Before after control treatment; Black billed magpie; Experiment; France; Pica pica; Predator control; Songbird productivity; Urbanization; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL AREA; SONGBIRD; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; PASSERI; PICA PICA;

EID: 48249111341     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-105     Document Type: Article

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