Food or nesting place? Identifying factors limiting Wryneck populations

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 867-880

  Coudrain, Valérie ^a   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,b   Schaub, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ant nest abundance; Bare ground; Jynx torquilla; Nest box; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956705970     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0525-9     Document Type: Article

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