A European endemic warbler under threat? Population changes in Sylvia warblers on the island of Cyprus

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 342-348

  Pomeroy, Derek ^a,b   Walsh, Frank ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Environmental Studies Centre   (Cyprus)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyprus warbler; Mediterranean; Relative abundance; Sardinian warbler; Sylvia

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

SYLVIA; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA; SYLVIA MELANOTHORAX;

EID: 0842279102     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000686     Document Type: Article

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