Ancient oak wood-pasture as a habitat for the endangered tree pipit Anthus trivialis

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1011-1015

  Moga, Cosmin I ^a   Hartel, Tibor ^b   Öllerer, Kinga ^c  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Mihai Eminescu Trust   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ancient oak wood pasture; Anthus trivialis; Habitat preference; Romania

Indexed keywords

ANTHUS TRIVIALIS; CARPINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 70350136154     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0167-7     Document Type: Article

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