The status of inland-breeding Great Cormorants in England

British Birds

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 289-299

  Newson, Stuart E ^a   Marchant, John H ^a   Ekins, Graham R ^b   Sellers, Robin M ^c  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

^c Crag House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; FEEDING GROUND; FISHERY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; POPULATION PRESSURE;

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

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 34248574440     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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