Changes in the House Sparrow Passer domesticus population in Valencia (Spain) from 1998 to 2008

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-288

  Murgui, Enrique ^a   MacIas, Ana ^b  

^a Grupo para el Estudio de las Aves   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; LIMITING FACTOR; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WASTELAND;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 77956486699     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063651003716762     Document Type: Article

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