Museum specimen of the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Museum specimen of the grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

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Museum specimen of the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) which has experienced severe population declines in Europe over the last decades, most likely due to agricultural intensification to which bioenergy cropland expansion is increasingly contributing.

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Image courtesy of Christian Hof.

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