Long-term changes in over-winter survival rates explain the decline of reed buntings Emberiza schoeniclus in Britain

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 798-811

  Peach, Will J ^a,b   Siriwardena, Gavin M ^a   Gregory, Richard D ^a,b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Declining granivorous birds; Demography; Mark recapture; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS;

EID: 0032694654     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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