Predicting autumn population sizes of tetraonid game birds from reproduction data of pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Thingstad, Per Gustav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bag limits; Indicator species; Pied flycatcher; Population predictability; Tetraonids

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; PASSERINE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

NORWAY;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; TETRAO TETRIX; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 0032888937     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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