The importance of variation in the breeding performance of seed-eating birds in determining their population trends on farmland

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-148

  Siriwardena, Gavin M ^a,b   Baillie, Stephen R ^a   Crick, Humphrey Q P ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^b,c  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Farmland birds; Nest records; Population declines

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; MILIARIA CALANDRA; PASSER MONTANUS; STREPTOPELIA TURTUR;

EID: 0034093487     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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