Nest mortality and lark populations liability;Mortalidad en nido y viabilidad poblacional de alaudidos

Ardeola

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-68

  Yanes, Miguel ^a   Suârez, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calandrella rufescens; Galerida theklae; Nest mortality; Population; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004641070     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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