Lowland Farmland Birds: The Road to Recovery. A report on the BOU's Annual Conference held at the University of Leicester, 26-28 March 2004

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Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 704-706

  Chamberlain, Dan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RECOVERY;

AVES;

EID: 5344223451     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00372.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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