Population estimates of birds in Britain and in the United Kingdom

British Birds

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Stone, Brian H ^a   Sears, Jane ^b   Cranswick, Peter A ^c   Gregory, Richard D ^d   Gibbons, David W ^b   Rehfisch, Mark M ^d   Aebischer, Nicholas J ^e   Reid, James B ^b,f  

^a JNCC   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d The Nunnery   (United Kingdom)

^e GCT   (United Kingdom)

^f JNCC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

BIRD POPULATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

UK;

EID: 0031454310     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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