Farming practices and Roller Coracias garrulus conservation in south-west Spain

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Parejo, Deseada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CORACIAS; CORACIAS GARRULUS; GALLUS GALLUS; GARRULUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 4444341401     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095927090400022X     Document Type: Article

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