Distribution and number of black grouse, Tetrao tetrix in southwestern Poland and the potential impact of predators upon nesting success of the species

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-167

  Merta, Dorota ^a   Bobek, Boguslaw ^a   Furtek, Jakub ^a   Kolecki, Mateusz ^a  

^a PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Heather land; Population dynamics; Raven; Red fox

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GAMEBIRD; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DOLNOSLASKIE; DOLNOSLASKIE FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; POLAND; SUDETES;

AVES; CALLUNA; CORVUS CORAX; TETRAO TETRIX; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 69549108392     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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