Is unleaded petrol a factor in urban House Sparrow decline? [1]

British Birds

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 558-559

  Summers Smith, J Denis ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 34548658227     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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