The importance of non-crop vegetation for bird diversity in Sitka spruce plantations in Ireland

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-120

  Wilson, Mark W ^a   Gittings, Tom ^a   Kelly, Thomas C ^a   O'Halloran, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; OPEN SPACE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

IRELAND;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 77749337694     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650903150676     Document Type: Article

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