Medium-term response of breeding Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea teydea to experimental thinning in a Pinus canariensis plantation (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 180-188

  Garcia del Rey, Eduardo ^a   Otto, Rüdiger ^a   Fernández Palacios, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS TREE; PASSERINE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

ADENOCARPUS; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA TEYDEA; PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 78651373608     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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