Numbers and distribution of Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii wintering in Britain and Ireland: Results of international censuses, January 1995, 2000 and 2005

Wildfowl

Volumn 56, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-22

  Worden, Jenny ^a   Cranswick, Peter A ^a   Crowe, Olivia ^b   McElwaine, Graham ^c   Rees, Eileen C ^a  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDWATCH IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Irish Whooper Swan Study Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bewick's Swan; Britain; Census; Ireland; Wintering population

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROOD SIZE; CENSUS; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; WATERFOWL;

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

AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS BEWICKII;

EID: 33846907812     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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