Monitoring terrestrial mammals in the UK: Past, present, and future, using lessons from the bird world

Mammal Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-29

  Battersby, Jessamy E ^a   Greenwood, Jeremy J D ^b  

^a JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding bird survey; Population trends; Surveillance; Tracking mammals partnership

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1542716602     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-1838.2003.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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