Landscape structure and breeding bird distribution in a sub-Mediterranean agro-ecosystem

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 365-378

  Farina, Almo ^a  

^a Lunigiana Museum of Natural History   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aulella watershed; Geographic Information Systems; Global Positioning System; Sub Mediterranean agro ecosystem; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

AVES; FAGUS;

AGROECOSYSTEM; BIRD DISTRIBUTION; BREEDING BIRD; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

ITALY;

EID: 0031400988     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007934518160     Document Type: Article

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