Use of raptors to reduce scavenging bird numbers at landfill sites

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1162-1168

  Baxter, Andrew T ^a   Allan, John R ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird control; Buteo spp.; Corvids; Deterrence; Falco spp.; Falconry; Falcons; Gulls; Hawks; Landfill; Larus spp.; Parabuteo spp.; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

BIRD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LANDFILL; PASSERINE; RAPTOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUTEO; CORVIDA; FALCO; FALCONIDAE; LARUS; PARABUTEO; RAPTORES;

EID: 33845927148     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1162:UORTRS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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