Estimating population size in Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa islandica by colour-marking

Bird Study

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-158

  Gunnarsson, Tómas Grétar ^a   Gill, Jennifer A ^a   Potts, Peter M ^b   Atkinson, Philip W ^c   Croger, Ruth E ^d   Gélinaud, Guillaume ^e   Gardarsson, Arnthor ^f   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Farlington Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d Farlington Ringing Group 23 Ashton Close   (United States)

^e Bretagne Vivante SEPNB   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

AVES; LIMOSA LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA ISLANDICA;

EID: 21244477513     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461385     Document Type: Article

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