Counting birds on farmland habitats in winter

Bird Study

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-309

  Atkinson, Philip W ^a   Fuller, Richard A ^a,b   Gillings, Simon ^a   Vickery, Juliet A ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; FIELD SURVEY; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSECT; WINTER;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ANTHUS PRATENSIS; AVES; EMBERIZA; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLINAGO GALLINAGO; PERDIX PERDIX; TURDIDAE;

EID: 33750849304     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461446     Document Type: Article

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