Survival rates of adult Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus at a northern and southern site in England

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-79

  Thaxter, Chris B ^a   Redfern, Chris P F ^b   Bevan, Richard M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RINGING; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES;

EID: 33845742668     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2006.9674347     Document Type: Article

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