The importance of ant-rich habitats for the persistence of the Wryneck Jynx torquilla on farmland

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-742

  Mermod, Murielle ^a   Reichlin, Thomas S ^a,b   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,b   Schaub, Michael ^a,b  

^a Zoological Institute   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Colonization and extinction probabilities; Food availability; Habitat selection; Occupancy model; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANT; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSPECIFIC; CULTIVATION; EXTINCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; NEST SITE; ORCHARD; PERSISTENCE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; TERRITORY;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; JYNX TORQUILLA; PICIDAE; PYRUS;

EID: 70349414655     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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