Barn Swallows and agriculture

British Birds

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 218-230

  Evans, Karl L ^a,b   Robinson, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT LOSS; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 10444267336     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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