Agricultural habitat-type and the breeding performance of granivorous farmland birds in britain

Bird Study

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-81

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

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AVIFAUNA; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; COLUMBA OENAS; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; FRINGILLA COELEBS; MILIARIA CALANDRA; PASSER MONTANUS; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA;

EID: 0034161919     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461161     Document Type: Article

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