The abundance and suitability of tree cavities and their impact on hole-nesting bird populations in beech forests of NE Iberian Peninsula

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-31

  Camprodon, Jordi ^a,b   Salvanya, Josep ^a   Soler Zurita, Jaume ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beech forests; Blue tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; Forestry; Great tit; Hole nesting birds; Iberian Peninsula; Nest boxes; Parus major; Tree cavities

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FOREST; NEST BOX; NESTING; POPULATION DENSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; FAGUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 51649099325     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164508X345293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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