Golden plover pluvialis apricaria breeding success on a moor managed for shooting red grouse lagopus lagopus

Bird Study

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-177

  Pearce Higgins, James W ^a   Yalden, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Population dynamics; Predation; Radiotelemetry; Survival rates; Uplands; Waders

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; GAMEBIRD; LIMITING FACTOR; MOORLAND; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; PHASIANIDAE; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA;

EID: 0037592413     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650309461309     Document Type: Article

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