Habitat preferences of granivorous passerine birds wintering on farmland in eastern Poland

Bird Study

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-57

  Kasprzykowski, Zbigniew ^a   Goławski, Artur ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FALLOW; GRANIVORY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; PASSERINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT;

POLAND;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84857210945     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.643292     Document Type: Article

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