Nest site selection and nesting biology of Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta japonicus in Japan

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-207

  Sawa, Yusuke ^a   Takeuchi, Yuichi ^b   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EXTINCTION RISK; GAMEBIRD; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT LOSS; HATCHING; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHRUB; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

JAPAN;

LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS; PINUS PUMILA;

EID: 79956139775     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.559532     Document Type: Article

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