Artificial floating islands for nesting black-throated divers gavia arctica in scotland: Construction, use and effect on breeding success

Bird Study

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-175

  Hancock, Mark ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAVIA ARCTICA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

BIRD; NEST SITE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034235864     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650009461172     Document Type: Article

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