Effects of human disturbance on nest placement of the woodpigeon (Columba palumbus): A case study from the Middle Atlas, Morocco

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-359

  Hanane, Saâd ^a  

^a Center of Forest Research   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Columba palumbus; Holm oak; Middle Atlas; Morocco; Nest location; Woodpigeon

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ECOSYSTEM; MOROCCO; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POPULATION DENSITY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COLUMBIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; MOROCCO; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84902291373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12078     Document Type: Article

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