The decline of the House Sparrow: A review

British Birds

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 439-446

  Summers Smith, J Denis ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EQUUS CABALLUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0242510051     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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