The breeding performance of Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus in relation to the attributes of natural holes in a primeval forest

Bird Study

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-448

  Wesoowski, Tomasz ^a   Rowiski, Patryk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FITNESS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK; POLAND;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84869042097     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2012.722189     Document Type: Article

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