The spring range of barnacle geese Branta leucopsis in relation to changes in land management and climate

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-346

  Prop, Jouke ^a,b   Black, Jeffrey M ^a   Shimmings, Paul ^a   Owen, Myrfyn ^a  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branta leucopsis; Carrying capacity; Climate change; Management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; LAND MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPRING (SEASON); WATERFOWL;

NORWAY;

BRANTA LEUCOPSIS;

EID: 0032402952     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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