Status of the Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos in Britain at the end of the 20th Century with particular reference to climate change

Bird Study

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-204

  Wilson, Andrew M ^a   Henderson, Andrew C B ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CERVIDAE; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036847006     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461266     Document Type: Article

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