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Titre :	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus and Fir-tree Mistletoe Viscum album abietis
Auteurs :	Jonathan Guest, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ornithologischer Anzeiger (49(2-3) DEC 2010)
Article en page(s) :	203-206
Résumé :	Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus and Fir-tree Mistletoe Viscum album abietisA small number of Mistle Thrushes overwinter along the southern lowland edge of the Frankenwald, where the birds are dependent on the berries of the Fir-tree Mistletoe a threatened subspecies The plant is conversely dependent on the thrush for the transfer of seeds to new host trees There is evidence from England that Mistle Thushes that defend berry crops in winter breed more successfully in the following season than those that migrate away It is postulated that the extension of the breeding range of the Mistle Thrush in western Europe during the last two centuries was assisted by the planting of hybrid poplars hybrid limes and Robinia trees which formed new host trees for the Mistletoe subspecies V a album

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