The diet and disease susceptibility of grey partridges Perdix perdix on arable farmland in East Anglia, England

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-10

  Browne, Stephen J ^a   Aebischer, Nicholas J ^a   Moreby, Stephen J ^a   Teague, Luke ^b  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Diet; Disease; Grey partridge; Growth rates; Parasites; Perdix perdix

Indexed keywords

AVES; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 33645556858     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[3:TDADSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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