Body condition, growth rates and diet of Skylark Alauda arvensis nestlings on lowland farmland

Ibis

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 658-669

  Donald, Paul F ^a,b   Muirhead, Lys B ^a,b   Buckingham, David L ^a,b   Evans, Andrew D ^a,b   Kirby, Will B ^a,b   Gruar, Derek J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BODY CONDITION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034813714     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2001.tb04894.x     Document Type: Article

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