Influence of habitat on breeding performance of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus in Orkney

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 400-404

  Amar, Arjun ^a,b   Arroyo, Beatriz ^b   Meek, Eric ^a   Redpath, Steve ^b   Riley, Helen ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Circus cyaneus; Habitat management; Hatching success; Hen Harrier; Moorland; Productivity; Unmanaged grass

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HATCHING; MOORLAND; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS;

EID: 41149115005     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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