Ringing recoveries confirm higher wader mortality in severe winters

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Clark, Jacquie A ^a,b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RINGING; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 3042684194     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2004.9674309     Document Type: Article

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