Breeding behaviour, home range and habitat selection in Rock Firefinches Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis in the wet and dry season in central Nigeria

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-507

  Brandt, Miriam J ^a   Cresswell, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding; Habitat selection; Home range; Rock Firefinch; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; JOS PLATEAU; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; LAGONOSTICTA SANGUINODORSALIS;

EID: 51349126201     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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