The distribution and colony size of barn swallows in relation to agricultural land use

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 524-534

  Ambrosini, Roberto ^a,d   Bolzern, Anna Maria ^a   Canova, Luca ^b   Arieni, Silvia ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^c   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundance; Birds; Breeding ecology; Conservation; Hirundo rustica; Management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; BREEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAND USE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036084372     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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