Estimating the cause and rate of mortality in red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Thirgood, Simon J ^a   Redpath, Stephen M ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^c   Donnelly, Eric ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass searching; Field signs; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Mammals; Mortality; Radio tagging; Raptors; Red grouse

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; MAMMALIA; PEREGRINUS; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 0031804915     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.002     Document Type: Article

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