Repeatability of nest predation in passerines depends on predator species and time scale

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Weidinger, Karel ^a   Kočvara, Radim ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CORRELATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING; PASSERINE; SPECIALIZATION; TIMESCALE;

AVES; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; MARTES; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 72949108460     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17649.x     Document Type: Article

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