Densities and population estimates of breeding skylarks alauda arvensis in britain in 1997

Bird Study

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-65

  Browne, Stephen ^a   Vickery, Juliet ^a   Chamberlain, Dan ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS;

EID: 0034162728     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461160     Document Type: Article

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