Contribution to the knowledge on distribution, number and habitat preferences of rare and endangered birds in western Rhodopes Mts, Southern Bulgaria. Strigiformes and piciformes

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-56

  Shurulinkov, Peter ^a   Stoyanov, Georgi ^b   Komitov, Emil ^c   Daskalova, Girgina ^d   Ralev, Andrey ^e  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b Centre for Conservation and Support of the Wild Fauna Durrell   (Bulgaria)

^c Regional Directorate of Forestry Smolyan   (Bulgaria)

^d Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds   (Bulgaria)

^e Balkani Wildlife Society   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Distribution; Forest owls; Habitat; Population density; Western Rhodopes; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879214807     PISSN: 03240770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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