Habitat predicts losses of red grouse to individual hen harriers

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-314

  Amar, Arjun ^a,d,e   Arroyo, Beatriz ^b   Redpath, Stephen ^b   Thirgood, Simon ^c  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d Division of Fish and Wildlife   (Spain)

^e Cmw of the Northern Mariana Islands   (Northern Mariana Islands)

Author keywords

Heather moorland; Human wildlife conflicts; Predation; Predictive modelling; Problem individuals; Targeted management

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; MOORLAND; PREDATION; RAPTOR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 1942456830     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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