Farmland habitat change and abundance of Yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella: An analysis of Common Birds Census data

Bird Study

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-246

  Kyrkos, Antonios ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emberiza

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; HABITAT CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE;

UK;

EMBERIZA CITRINELLA;

EID: 0031854287     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659809461095     Document Type: Article

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