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7 - Subalpine Coniferous Forests of Europe

Avian Communities in European High-Altitude Woodlands

from Part II - European Forests and Their Bird Communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2018

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Pierre Mollet ,
Kurt Bollmann ,
Veronika Braunisch  and
Raphaël Arlettaz
Edited by
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. 231 - 252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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