Maintenance of livestock farming may buffer population decline of the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-428

  Ambrosini, Roberto ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b   Trovò, Paola ^c   Liberini, Giovanni ^c   Bandini, Marco ^c   Romano, Andrea ^b   Sicurella, Beatrice ^a   Scandolara, Chiara ^b   Romano, Maria ^b   Saino, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ente di Gestione Delle Aree Protette Del Ticino e Del Lago Maggiore   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

ITALY;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 84871046349     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270912000056     Document Type: Article

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