Investigator activities reduce nest predation in blackbirds Turdus merula

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-212

  Ibáñez Álamo, Juan Diego ^a   Soler, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 77953330079     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04805.x     Document Type: Article

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