Use of ring recoveries to monitor long-term changes in the survival rates of british and irish cormorants phalacrocorax carbo

Bird Study

Volumn 46, Issue , 1999, Pages S189-S197

  Wernham, Chris V ^a   Peach, Will J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RINGING; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033454646     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659909477245     Document Type: Article

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