Habitat and weather are weak correlates of nestling condition and growth rates of four UK farmland passerines

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-306

  Bradbury, Richard B ^a   Wilson, Jeremy D ^a   Moorcroft, Darren ^a   Morris, Antony J ^b   Perkins, Allan J ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NESTLING; PASSERINE; WEATHER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; BRASSICA NAPUS; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; INVERTEBRATA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0242584501     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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