Status, microhabitat use and distribution of the corncrake Crex crex in a Southern Transylvanian rural landscape, Romania

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Moga, Cosmin Ioan ^a   Hartel, Tibor ^a   Öllerer, Kinga ^b  

^a Mihai Eminescu Trust   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Corncrake crex crex; Distribution; Microhabitat use; Singing males; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955599616     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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