Habitat loss and raptor predation: Disentangling long- and short-term causes of red grouse declines

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1444, 2000, Pages 651-656

  Thirgood, Simon J ^a   Redpath, Steve M ^b   Haydon, Daniel T ^c   Rothery, Peter ^b   Newton, Ian ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat loss; Predation; Raptors; Red grouse

Indexed keywords

HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RAPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CALLUNA; CICONIIFORMES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; PEREGRINUS; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 0034615917     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1051     Document Type: Article

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