Habitat correlates of red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) breeding density on mediterranean farmland

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-69

  Borralho, Rui ^a   Carvalho, Sara ^a   Rego, Francisco ^b   Vaz Pinto, Pedro ^a  

^a Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DECLINE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ALECTORIS RUFA;

EID: 0032966431     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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