Waterbird conflicts in Britain and Ireland: Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis, Canada Geese Branta canadensis, and Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo

Wildfowl

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 77-99

  Hughes, B ^a   Kirby, J ^b   Rowcliffe, J M ^c  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Brookend House   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada Goose; Conflict species; Cormorant; Population modelling; Ruddy Duck

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH STOCK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IRELAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WATERBIRD;

BIODIVERSITY; PEST DAMAGE; PREDATION; SEABIRD; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRANTA CANADENSIS; OXYURA JAMAICENSIS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 0033369308     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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