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6 - Boreal Forest Bird Assemblages and Their Conservation

from Part II - European Forests and Their Bird Communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2018

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Jean-Michel Roberge ,
Raimo Virkkala  and
Mikko Mönkkönen
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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. 183 - 230
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