Habitat use by lapwings and golden plovers in a largely arable landscape

Bird Study

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-99

  Mason, Christopher F ^a   Macdonald, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; WADER;

ESSEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CICONIIFORMES; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0033105383     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659909461118     Document Type: Article

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