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Declining woodland birds in North America: should we blame Bambi?

  1. Simon Chollet1,2,*,
  2. Jean-Louis Martin1

Article first published online: 4 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12003

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Diversity and Distributions

Diversity and Distributions

Volume 19, Issue 4, pages 481–483, April 2013

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Chollet, S. and Martin, J.-L. (2013), Declining woodland birds in North America: should we blame Bambi?. Diversity and Distributions, 19: 481–483. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12003

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  1. 1

    CEFE/CNRS-UMR 5175, Montpellier Cedex, France

  2. 2

    University Montpellier 2, Montpellier cedex, France

* Correspondence: Simon Chollet, CEFE/CNRS-UMR 5175, 1919 Route de Mende, F-34293 Montpellier Cedex, France.
E-mail: simon.chollet@cefe.cnrs.fr

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 MAR 2013
  2. Article first published online: 4 SEP 2012

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  • French Ministry of Research and Education

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