A review of management for fish and bitterns, Botaurus stellaris, in wetland reserves

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 387-394

  Self, Matt ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Bittern; Eel; Fishery management; Rudd

Indexed keywords

EEL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; WADER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; BOTAURUS STELLARIS; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS;

EID: 33745182857     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2005.00462.x     Document Type: Review

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