A preliminary assessment of some factors influencing the density and distribution of palearctic passerine migrants wintering in the Sahel zone of West Africa

Bird Study

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-84

  Jones, P ^a   Vickery, J ^a   Holt, S ^b   Cresswell, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia; Cassia; Oenanthe; Phoenicurus; Piliostigma; Sylvia; Ziziphus

Indexed keywords

MIGRATORY BIRD; WINTERING;

AFRICA, (WEST), SAHEL;

CAESALPINIACEAE; CASSIA SIEBERIANA; OENANTHE OENANTHE; PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS; PILIOSTIGMA RETICULATA; SYLVIA CANTILLANS; SYLVIA COMMUNIS; SYLVIA CURRUCA;

EID: 0030460946     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659609460997     Document Type: Article

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