Climate and land-use changes as determinants of lesser kestrel Falco naumanni abundance in Mediterranean cereal steppes (Sicily)

Ardeola

Volumn 57, Issue SPEC. DECEMBER, 2010, Pages 3-22

  Sarà, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Falco naumanni; Land use; Lesser kestrel; Loglinear model; Mediterranean cereal steppes; Population trends

Indexed keywords

FALCO NAUMANNI; HUMULUS;

EID: 79952136477     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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