Managing the UK Grey Partridge Perdix perdix recovery: Population change, reproduction, habitat and shooting

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 181-191

  Aebischer, Nicholas J ^a   Ewald, Julie A ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; MONITORING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

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

PERDIX PERDIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11244295058     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00345.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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