Does Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) predict the risk of nest predation when choosing a breeding territory? An experimental study

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Trnka, Alfréd ^a   Peterková, Viera ^a   Grujbárová, Zuzana ^b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; BREEDING SITE; ENCOUNTER RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEST PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORY;

AVES; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS;

EID: 80054719815     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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