Winter availability of cereal stubbles attracts declining farmland birds and positively influences breeding population trends

Author(s): Gillings, S., Newson, S.E., Noble, D.G. & Vickery J.A.

Published: January 2005

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Volume: 272

Digital Identifier No. (DOI): 10.1098/rspb.2004.3010

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David Noble

Head & Principal Ecologist

Stuart Newson

Senior Research Ecologist

Simon Gillings

Principal Data Scientist

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