Coarse and fine scale habitat associations of breeding skylarks alauda arvensis in the uk

Bird Study

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-47

  Chamberlain, Dan E ^a   Gregory, Richard D ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0033106378     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659909461113     Document Type: Article

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