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Population Dynamics and Regulation of a High Density Blue Tit Population

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Population Biology of Passerine Birds

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In Belgian woodlands Blue Tit Parus caeruleus breeding numbers can be increased by providing nestboxes. When all nestboxes have an entrance hole which permits Great Tits also to use them, the breeding density of Blue Tits is around 1.2 – 1.5 pairs per ha in optimal habitat (Dhondt et al. 1982, Dhondt 1985a).

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (U.I.A), B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    André A. Dhondt, Erik Matthysen, Frank Adriaensen & Marcel M. Lambrechts

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  1. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, B.P. 5051, 34033, Montpellier Cédex, France

    Jacques Blondel

  2. Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, Great Britain

    Andrew Gosler  & Robin McCleery  & 

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, B.P. 5051, 34033, Montpellier Cédex, France

    Jean-Dominique Lebreton

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Dhondt, A.A., Matthysen, E., Adriaensen, F., Lambrechts, M.M. (1990). Population Dynamics and Regulation of a High Density Blue Tit Population. In: Blondel, J., Gosler, A., Lebreton, JD., McCleery, R. (eds) Population Biology of Passerine Birds. NATO ASI Series, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75110-3_3

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