Large-scale spatial distribution of breeding Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in relation to cattle farming

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-505

  Ambrosini, Roberto ^a   Bani, Luciano ^a   Massimino, Dario ^a   Fornasari, Lorenzo ^b   Saino, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b FaunaViva   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRY FARMING; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 84857399842     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.609883     Document Type: Article

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