Nest site characteristics of the newly established Eurasian magpie Pica pica population in Hokkaido, Japan

Ornithological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-109

  Nakahara, Toru ^a   Kuroe, Misako ^a   Hasegawa, Osamu ^b   Hayashi, Yuko ^c   Mori, Sayaka ^d   Eguchi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EcoNetwork Elm Bidg   (Japan)

^c Sapporo University   (Japan)

^d RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Introduced species; Nest site availability; Pica pica; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDAE; PICA PICA;

EID: 84938942248     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.14.99     Document Type: Article

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