Impacts of climate change on upland birds: Complex interactions, compensatory mechanisms and the need for long-term data

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-455

  Chamberlain, Dan ^a   Pearce Higgins, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84879587186     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12070     Document Type: Note

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