Song post height in relation to predator diversity and urbanization

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 529-538

  Møller, Anders P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RURAL AREA; SONG; SONGBIRD; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VOCALIZATION;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955735092     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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