The status and habitat of spotted crakes porzana porzana in britain in 1999: The first britain-wide survey of spotted crakes porzana porzana undertaken in 1999 recorded 73 singing males mostly in wet herb habitats with peak records in may

Bird Study

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-86

  Gilbert, Gillian ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Porzana

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT SELECTION; SONG; SURVEY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PORZANA; PORZANA PORZANA;

EID: 0036237637     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461247     Document Type: Article

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