The BTO Heronries Census of England and Wales 1928-2000: New indices and a comparison of analytical methods

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Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-334

  Marchant, John H ^a   Freeman, Stephen N ^a   Crick, Humphrey Q P ^a   Beaven, L Peter ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; INDEX METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES; WADER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARDEA; ARDEA CINEREA; AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 2042485544     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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