Winter use of wild bird cover crops by passerines on farmland in northeast England

Bird Study

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-21

  Stoate, Chris ^a   Szczur, John ^a   Aebischer, Nicholas J ^b  

^a Allerton Res and Educational Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackbird; Carduelis cannabina; Carduelis carduelis; Carduelis chloris; Carduelis flammea; Chaffinch; Dunnock; Emberiza citrinella; Emberiza shoeniclus; Farmland; Fringilla coelebs; Goldfinch; Greenfinch; Linnet; Passer montanus; Passerines; Prunella modularis; Redpoll; Reed Bunting; Song Thrush; Tree Sparrow; Turdus merula; Turdus philomelos; Wild bird cover crops; Yellowhammer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; COVER CROP; HABITAT USE; SEED PRODUCTION; WINTER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ACEPHALA; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037346151     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650309461285     Document Type: Article

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