The ''Atles dels Ocells Nidificants de Catalunya'' (Catalan Breeding Bird Atlas) is a critically acclaimed

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, published in 2004 by the Catalan Ornithological Institute (ICO) and Lynx Edicions, and edited by Joan Estrada, Vittorio Pedrocchi, Lluis Brotons and Sergi Herrando. The book presents the results of three years of fieldwork surveying

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's breeding

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s between 1999 and 2002 and consists of 638 pages with maps, graphs, population estimates and trends, with illustrations by

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. Each species has a full account in Catalan with a summary in English.Monitoratge – Atles dels Ocells Nidificants de Catalunya

References

*Estrada, J., Pedrocchi, V., Brotons, L. & Herrando, S. (2004). ''Atles dels Ocells Nidificants de Catalunya, 1999-2002''. Lynx Edicions

External links

Lynx Edicions

''Atles dels Ocells nidificants'' on-line
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