Partial recovery of the population of Corncrakes Crex crex in Britain, 1993-2004

Bird Study

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-224

  O'Brien, Mark ^a   Green, Rhys E ^a,b   Wilson, Jeremy ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOWING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF MAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CREX CREX;

EID: 33750888873     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461436     Document Type: Article

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