Associations of garden birds with gradients in garden habitat and local habitat

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 589-600

  Chamberlain, D E ^a   Cannon, A R ^b,c   Toms, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GARDEN; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 4544310864     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03984.x     Document Type: Article

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