Wintering behaviour and spatial ecology of Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola in western France

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Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 519-532

  Duriez, Olivier ^a,b   Fritz, Hervé ^c   Said, Sonia ^b,c   Ferrand, Yves ^b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; RESERVE DESIGN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER; WINTER;

BRETAGNE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; SCOLOPAX; SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA;

EID: 22844444921     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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