Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus nest-site selection in relation to habitat and the distribution of Goshawks Accipiter gentilis

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-270

  Gamauf, Anita ^a,b   Tebb, Graham ^c   Nemeth, Erwin ^b,d  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d BirdLife Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Interspecific competition; Nest site selection; Predator avoidance; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; AVOIDANCE REACTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; ORNITHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SITE SELECTION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84875281411     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12023     Document Type: Article

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