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9 - Mediterranean Forest Bird Communities and the Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in Space and Time

from Part II - European Forests and Their Bird Communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2018

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Lluís Brotons ,
Sergi Herrando ,
Clélia Sirami ,
Vassiliki Kati  and
Mario Díaz
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Grzegorz Mikusiński ,
Jean-Michel Roberge  and
Robert J. Fuller
Grzegorz Mikusiński
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jean-Michel Roberge
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Robert J. Fuller
Affiliation:
British Trust for Ornithology, Norfolk
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Ecology and Conservation of Forest Birds , pp. 318 - 349
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Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

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Save book to Dropbox

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Save book to Google Drive

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