Traditional farming and key foraging habitats for chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax conservation in a Spanish pseudosteppe landscape

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-239

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Tella, José L ^b   Torre, Ignacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Museu Granollers Ciencies Naturals   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agri Environment Regulation 2078 92; Birds; Common Agricultural Policy; Habitat selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIRD; CONSERVATION; FORAGING; HABITAT SELECTION;

SPAIN, ARAGON, ZARAGOZU, LOS MONEGROS;

EID: 0031878869     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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