Determining the cause of the hen harrier decline on the Orkney Islands: An experimental test of two hypotheses

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-28

  Amar, Arjun ^a,b,c   Redpath, S M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; CORVIDAE;

EID: 0002319053     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002001038     Document Type: Article

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