Different extinction risks of the breeding colonies of Rooks Corvus frugilegus in rural and uban areas of SW Poland

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-155

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Czapulak, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Concentric analysis; Corvus frugilegus; Extinction risk; Population decline; Population distribution; Rook

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

CORVUS FRUGILEGUS;

EID: 38949168826     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.042.0209     Document Type: Article

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