Ornithological atlas data: A review of uses and limitations

Bird Study

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-145

  Donald, Paul F ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alauda; Caprmulgus; Gavia; Hordeum; Miliaria

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRID-BASED ATLAS; MAPPING;

EID: 0031854282     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461086     Document Type: Article

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