The effects of illegal killing and destruction of nests by humans on the population dynamics of the hen harrier Circus cyaneus in Scotland

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1081-1105

  Etheridge, B ^a   Summers, R W ^a   Green, R E ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Illegal persecution; Productivity; Source sink; Survival

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL SURVIVAL; HEN HARRIER; HUMAN IMPACT; NEST DESTRUCTION; NEST SUCCESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHOOTING;

SCOTLAND; UK;

CALLUNA; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0030828248     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405296     Document Type: Article

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