Numbers of mute swans Cygnus olor in Great Britain: Results of the national census in 2002

Wildfowl

Volumn 57, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-20

  Ward, Robin M ^a,d   Cranswick, Peter A ^a   Kershaw, Melanie ^a   Austin, Graham E ^b   Brown, Allan W ^c   Brown, Lyndesay M ^c   Coleman, Jon C ^c   Chisholm, Helen K ^c   Spray, Chris J ^c  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c 8 Ledcameroch Gardens ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding population; Census; Cygnus olor; Great Britain

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CENSUS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; WATERFOWL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CYGNUS OLOR;

EID: 39449129581     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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