Barn owl release in lowland southern England - A twenty-one year study

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-282

  Meek, W R ^a   Burman, P J ^b   Nowakowski, M ^c   Sparks, T H ^a   Burman, N J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b 52 Rochester Way ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Farmed Environment Company   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reintroduction; Translocation; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

RAPTOR; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0037289857     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00155-6     Document Type: Article

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