Whitethroat sylvia communis and yellowhammer emberiza citrinella nesting success and breeding distribution in relation to field boundary vegetation

Bird Study

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-235

  Stoate, Chris ^a   Szczur, John ^a  

^a Allerton Res and Educational Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; TERRITORIALITY;

ENGLAND (LEICESTERSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; DASYNOTUS; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA COMMUNIS;

EID: 0034931929     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461222     Document Type: Article

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