Are mountains refuges for farmland bird species? A case study in the northern French Alps

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Archaux, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGE; SPECIALIST; SURVEYING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 33847213877     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461458     Document Type: Article

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