Reintroduction as a tool for population recovery of farmland birds

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 221-229

  Carter, Ian ^a   Newbery, Peter ^b  

^a NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; REINTRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 11244251115     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00353.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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