Demographic responses of middle spotted woodpeckers (Dendrocopos medius) to habitat fragmentation

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-139

  Robles, Hugo ^a,b,e   Ciudad, Carlos ^b   Vera, Rubén ^c   Olea, Pedro P ^d   Mattysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d SEK University   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conspecific attraction; Dendrocopos medius; Middle Spotted Woodpecker; Nest parasitism; Nest predation; Pairing success; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; CONNECTIVITY; FLEDGING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MATING SUCCESS; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PARASITISM; PATCH SIZE; SURVIVAL;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DENDROCOPOS MEDIUS; PICIDAE;

EID: 67649770137     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.131     Document Type: Article

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