Annual and seasonal trends in the use of garden feeders by birds in winter

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 563-575

  Chamberlain, Dan E ^a   Vickery, Juliet A ^b   Glue, David E ^b   Robinson, Robert A ^b   Conway, Greg J ^b   Woodburn, Richard J W ^b   Cannon, Andrew R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GARDEN; HABITAT USE; POPULATION SIZE; WINTER;

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EID: 22744452786     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00430.x     Document Type: Review

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