Effects of the winter beechmast crop on bird occurrence in British gardens

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-126

  Chamberlain, Dan E ^a   Gosler, Andrew G ^b   Glue, David E ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CROP PLANT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AVES; CARDUELIS SPINUS; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; MOTACILLA ALBA; PARUS MAJOR; PERIPARUS ATER; SITTA EUROPAEA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 33847114946     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461463     Document Type: Article

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