Unmown refuge areas and their influence on the survival of grassland birds in the Saône valley (France)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1219-1237

  Broyer, Joël ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Corncrake; Meadow birds; Quail; Unmown grassy strips

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DENSITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOWING; REFUGE; SURVIVAL;

FRANCE;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; CREX; CREX CREX; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0037731612     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023099901308     Document Type: Article

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