Land-use correlates of breeding performance and diet in Tree Sparrows Passer montanus

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-289

  Field, Rob H ^a   Anderson, Guy Q A ^a   Gruar, Derek J ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; NEST BOX; NESTLING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PASSER MONTANUS;

EID: 56749095465     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461533     Document Type: Article

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