Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus in Scotland - Demography of a declining population

Ibis

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-267

  Moss, Robert ^a   Picozzi, Nicholas ^a   Summers, Ron W ^b   Baines, David ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; POPULATION DECLINE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 0034072786     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04865.x     Document Type: Article

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