Seasonal survival of young and adult black grouse females in boreal forests

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-488

  Pekkola, Miina ^a   Alatalo, Rauno ^a   Pöysä, Hannu ^b   Siitari, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Adult mortality; Predation; Telemetry; Tetraonidae

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; TETRAO TETRIX; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84900797551     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0809-0     Document Type: Article

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