Managing coastal grazing marshes for breeding waders and overwintering geese: Is there a conflict?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-34

  Vickery, J A ^a,c   Sutherland, W J ^a   O'Brien, M ^b   Watkinson, A R ^a   Yallop, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geese; management; vegetation height; waders; water table

Indexed keywords

GOOSE; GRAZING; OVERWINTERING; WADER;

UK, ENGLAND, NORFOLK;

ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; GALLINAGO GALLINAGO; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0030621268     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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