Changing demography and population decline in the Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris: A multisite approach to Integrated Population Monitoring

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 587-596

  Freeman, Stephen N ^a   Robinson, Robert A ^a   Clark, Jacquie A ^a   Griffin, Bridget M ^a   Adams, Sue Y ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RED LIST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 34447134414     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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