Chaffinch fringilla coelebs foraging patterns, nestling survival and territory distribution on lowland farmland

Bird Study

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-270

  Whittingham, Mark J ^a   Bradbury, Richard B ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^a,b   Morris, Antony J ^a   Perkins, Allan J ^a   Siriwardena, Gavin M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acer; Fraxinus; Fringilla; Populus; Quercus; Salix; Ulmus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; GALLUS GALLUS; QUERCUS; SALIX;

EID: 0035181759     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461226     Document Type: Article

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