Living on the edge: British and Irish woodland birds in a European context

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Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 53-63

  Fuller, Robert J ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   Quine, Chris P ^c  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS;

EID: 36448945490     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00734.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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