Habitat associations and breeding success of the Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-247

  Macleod, Catriona J ^a,b,c   Parish, David M B ^b   Hubbard, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; GALLUS GALLUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 7944227119     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461359     Document Type: Article

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