Crop use by introduced bird species in winter in relation to crop structure and seed resources

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-86

  Macleod, Catriona J ^a   Till, Andreas ^a,b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PASSERINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CARDUELIS CARDUELIS; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 33847141991     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461459     Document Type: Article

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