Nest predation and nest defence in European and North American woodpeckers: A review

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-379

  Paclík, Martin ^a   Misík, Jan ^a   Weidinger, Karel ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; NEST GUARDING; NEST PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

EUROPE;

AVES; PICIDAE;

EID: 72449140542     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0503     Document Type: Review

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