Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus habitat in woods with different structure and management in southern England

Bird Study

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-348

  Bellamy, Paul E ^a   Hill, Ross A ^c   Rothery, Peter ^a   Hinsley, Shelley A ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^b   Broughton, Richard K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BREEDING SEASON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LIDAR; PASSERINE; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX;

EID: 70350457414     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650902806914     Document Type: Article

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