Distribution shifts in wintering Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria and Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in Britain

Bird Study

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-284

  Gillings, Simon ^a   Austin, Graham E ^a   Fuller, Robert J ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 33750890412     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461443     Document Type: Article

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