A new method for estimating the adult survival rate of the Corncrake Crex crex and comparison with estimates from ring-recovery and ring-recapture data

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Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-508

  Green, Rhys E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RINGING; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CREX; CREX CREX;

EID: 3142780148     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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