Could game management have a role in the conservation of farmland passerines? a case study from a leicestershire farm

Bird Study

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 279-292

  Stoate, Chris ^a   Szczur, John ^a  

^a Allerton Res and Educational Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Corvus; Emberiza; Fringilla; Pica; Prunella; Sylvia; Turdus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; PASSERINE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND (LEICESTERSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CORVIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0035186417     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461228     Document Type: Article

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