Sink or swim? Viability of a black-tailed godwit population in relation to flooding

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 834-843

  Ratcliffe, Norman ^a   Schmitt, Sabine ^a   Whiffin, Mark ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Godwit; Option selection; Population viability; Re nesting model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; FLOODING; HABITAT CREATION; POPULATION DECLINE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA;

EID: 28444469191     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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