Declining woodland birds - Is our science making a difference?

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bennett, Andrew F ^a   Watson, David M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WOODLAND;

AVES;

EID: 79955408814     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MUv111n1_ED     Document Type: Review

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