Wintering Cirl Buntings Emberiza cirlus in southwest England select cereal stubbles that follow a low-input herbicide regime

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Bradbury, Richard B ^a   Bailey, Chris M ^a   Wright, David ^a   Evans, Andy D ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELDWORK; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HERBICIDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUBBLE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CIRLUS; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS;

EID: 41349107416     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461501     Document Type: Article

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