Effects of a short-term shooting program on nonbreeding cormorants at inland fisheries

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1092-1098

  Parrott, Dave ^a,c,d,e,f   McKay, Helen V ^a,d,g,h   Watola, George V ^a,d,i,j   Bishop, Julie D ^a,d,k   Langton, Steve ^a,b,h,l,m,n  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^c Government's Dept Environ Food R   (United Kingdom)

^d Conservation Management Team ^*  (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^l University of Canterbury ^*

^m Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Fisheries management; Great cormorant; Phalacrocorax carbo; Shooting

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INLAND FISHERY; PEST CONTROL; SEABIRD; SHOOTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 1642546658     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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