Factors influencing the small-scale distribution of House Sparrows Passer domesticus in a suburban environment

Bird Study

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Wilkinson, Nicholas ^a  

^a The Maltings   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARDEN; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; TRANSECT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CORVIDA; INSECTA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 33644697310     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461414     Document Type: Article

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