Stone-curlews Burhinus oedicnemus and recreational disturbance: Developing a management tool for access

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Volumn 149, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Taylor, Elisabeth C ^a   Green, Rhys E ^a   Perrins, James ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Great House Barn   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CREATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEST SITE; PUBLIC ACCESS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WADER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; NEW FOREST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BURHINUS OEDICNEMUS; NUMENIUS;

EID: 33847407134     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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