A review of invertebrates and seed-bearing plants as food for farmland birds in Europe

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-71

  Holland, J M ^a   Hutchison, M A S ^a   Smith, B ^a   Aebischer, N J ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arable weeds; Bird diet; Conservation; Invertebrates; Passerines; Seeds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; PASSERINE;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; APHIDIDAE; ARACHNIDA; ASTERACEAE; AVES; BRASSICACEAE; CARABIDAE; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLUMBA; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; CURCULIONIDAE; DIPTERA; ELATERIDAE; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; FORMICIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LAMIACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LUMBRICIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHASIANIDAE; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; TENTHREDINIDAE; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 33644808836     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00039.x     Document Type: Review

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