The influence of habitat heterogeneity on bird diversity in Irish farmland

Biology and Environment

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  McMahon, Barry J ^a   Purvis, Gordon ^a   Whelan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 46249095829     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2008.108.1.1     Document Type: Article

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