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Published online 29 August 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020826-6
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Sparrows starve in winter
Agricultural changes probably lie behind bird's decline.
House sparrows are disappearing from farmland because they can't get enough food to survive the winter, say British researchers. Some populations are doing fine, but others are plummeting1.
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