The breeding status of the ring ouzel turdus torquatus in the uk in 1999: The first co-ordinated census of breeding ring ouzels across the uk reports a minimum of 6157 (95% ci, 3586–9372) and a maximum of 7549 (95% ci, 4459–11197) territories

Bird Study

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-34

  Wotton, Simon R ^a   Langston, Rowena H W ^a   Gregory, Richard D ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Turdus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE;

AVES; TURDUS; TURDUS TORQUATUS;

EID: 0036239157     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650209461241     Document Type: Article

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