Successful reproduction of Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus in intensive arable farmland (central-east Belgium)

Simon Feys; Robin Guelinckx; Freek Verdonckt; Gerald Louette

doi:10.26496/bjz.2013.128

Authors

Simon Feys Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
Robin Guelinckx Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
Freek Verdonckt Werkgroep Grauwe Gors, Utsenakenweg 15, B-3300 Tienen, Belgium
Gerald Louette Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2013.128

Keywords:

agrobiodiversity, Birds Directive, colonization, farmland birds, monitoring, raptor research, species protection program

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