Incubation success of released hand-reared pheasants Phasianus colchicus compared with wild ones

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-184

  Sage, Rufus B ^a   Putaala, Ahti ^a,c   Pradell Ruiz, Veronica ^a,b   Greenall, Tracy L ^a,b   Woodburn, Maureen I A ^a   Draycott, Roger A H ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Breeding success; Desertion; Hand reared, incubation; Nest; Pheasant; Release; Survival

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0141906404     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.048     Document Type: Article

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