Hen harrier foraging success in relation to land use in Scotland

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-118

  Redpath, Steve ^a   Amar, Arjun ^a,b   Madders, Mike ^c   Leckie, Fiona ^a   Thirgood, Simon ^d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Natural Research   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MOORLAND; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

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

CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 0013044326     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002002159     Document Type: Article

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