Swallow hirundo rustica population trends in england: Data from repeated historical surveys

Bird Study

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-181

  Evans, Karl L ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^b   Bradbury, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Arable farming; Nest site loss; Rural development

Indexed keywords

HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL RECORD; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0038606554     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650309461310     Document Type: Article

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