Variation in the survival rates of some british passerines with respect to their population trends on farmland

Bird Study

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-292

  Siriwardena, Gavin M ^a,b   Baillie, Stephen R ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031732955     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461099     Document Type: Article

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