Bird nest predation in a southern Tunisian oasis habitat: No evidence of "edge effect"

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-181

  Boukhriss, Jihen ^a,b   Selmi, Slaheddine ^a,b   Nouira, Saïd ^b,c  

^a Unité de Recherche de Biologie Ecologie et Parasitologie des Organismes Aquatiques   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Nest abundance; Nest predation; Oasis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EDGE EFFECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST PREDATION; OASIS; SURVIVAL;

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EID: 60149111526     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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