A comparison of farmland bird density and species richness in lowland england between two periods of contrasting agricultural practice

Bird Study

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-251

  Chamberlain, Dan E ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a   Garthwaite, David G ^b   Impey, Andrew J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034939056     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461224     Document Type: Article

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