Nest-site selection, territory quality and breeding performance in a Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus population

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-50

  Maícas, Ramón ^a   Muriel, Jaime ^b   Bonillo, Juan Carlos ^a   Fernández Haeger, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blue Tit; Breeding performance; GIS; Holm oak forest; Nest site selection; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FLEDGING; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION; TERRITORY;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 83455171655     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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