Ruddy ducks breeding in the United Kingdom in 1994

British Birds

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 336-353

  Hughes, Baz ^a   Underhill, Mark ^a   Delany, Simon ^b  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDWATCH IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING STATUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED BIRD; RUDDY DUCK;

UK;

OXYURA JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 0031664477     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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