Reflections of winter season large-scale climatic phenomena and local weather conditions in abundance and breeding frequency of vole-eating birds of prey

Trends in Ornithology Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 95-119

  Solonen, Tapio ^a  

^a Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy   (Finland)

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