Correlations between landscape features and crop type and the occurrence of the Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana in farmlands of Central Italy

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 264-272

  Morelli, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BARE SOIL; CROP PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARMING SYSTEM; FEEDING GROUND; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PASSERINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ITALY;

EID: 84877765115     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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