Habitat selection and coexistence in wintering passerine steppe birds

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-479

  Delgado, Paula ^a   Sanza, Miguel A ^a   Morales, Manuel B ^a   Traba, Juan ^a   Rivera, Desirée ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Calandra Lark; Corn Bunting; Model averaging; Skylark; Spain; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOTIC FACTOR; COEXISTENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; SYMPATRY;

SPAIN;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84874970397     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0914-3     Document Type: Article

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