Evaluating the success of translocating red kites milvus milvus to the uk

Bird Study

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-144

  Evans, Ian M ^a   Summers, Ron W ^b   O'toole, Lorcan ^b   Orr Ewing, Duncan C ^b   Evans, Richard ^b   Snell, Nigel ^c   Smith, Jonathan ^d  

^a English Nature   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c West of Scotland Science Park ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Essex Naturalist's Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; TRANSLOCATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

MILVUS MILVUS;

EID: 0032838598     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659909461125     Document Type: Article

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