Sustainable management of a wild pheasant population in Austria

Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 346-353

  Draycott, R A H ^a   Pock, K ^b,d   Carroll, J P ^c  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Gutsverwaltung Hardegg ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Gutsverwaltung Hardegg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Management; Pheasants; Predation control

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0038446782     PISSN: 00442887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02192427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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