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Faunistically the breeding avifauna in Fennoscandian subalpine birch forests is well documented, and during the last 20 years many quantitative investigations have been undertaken. Although some of these studies are still in progress, we are lacking long-term investigations revealing the dynamics of the breeding passerine communities. However, despite great annual density fluctuations of most of the species inhabiting the subalpine birch forests, the passerine communities found in the different study areas show great similarities and seem to have qualitative as well as quantitative patterns, characteristic for the subalpine birch forest as a region.
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Hogstad, O. (1975). Structure of Small Passerine Communities in Subalpine Birch Forests in Fennoscandia. In: Wielgolaski, F.E. (eds) Fennoscandian Tundra Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66276-8_13
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