More and more generalists: two decades of changes in the European avifauna

Author(s): Le Viol, I., Jiguet, F., Brotons, L., Herrando, S., Lindström, Å., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Reif, J., Van Turnhout, C. & Devictor, V.

Published: January 2012

Journal: Biology Letters

Digital Identifier No. (DOI): 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0496

Staff Author(s)

James Pearce-Higgins

Director, Science

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