Habitat use by breeding and wintering Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus L. in farmland of lower silesia (SW Poland)

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-254

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arable habitats; Crop management; Granivorous birds; Land abandonment; Land use; Set aside; Weeds

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOWER SILESIA; POLAND; SILESIA; WORLD;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHUS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; AVES; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; SETARIA VIRIDIS; SOLIDAGO; TANACETUM VULGARE;

EID: 22344433416     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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