Is the density of redshank Tringa totanus nesting on saltmarshes in Great Britain declining due to changes in grazing management?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 621-634

  Norris, Ken ^a,b   Brindley, Emma ^a   Cook, Tony ^a   Babbs, Stephen ^a   Brown, Christopher Forster ^a   Yaxley, Robert ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding density; Grazing intensity; Livestock; Population decline; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH; WADER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 0032423009     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.355339.x     Document Type: Article

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