Multi-scale habitat requirements of forest bird species in a highly fragmented landscape

Journal of Ornithology - Tập 160 Số 3 - Trang 773-788 - 2019
Gianpasquale Chiatante1, Zeno Porro1, Arianna Musacchio1, Arianna Bazzocchi1, Alberto Meriggi1
1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100, Pavia, PV, Italy

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