The effect of reed burning on the habitat occupancy of passerine species

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-94

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

^a Mihai Eminescu Trust   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Burning of reed; Floodplains; Habitat occupancy; Passerines

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955642558     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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