Current status and recent trends in numbers and distribution of Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in northern England

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Warren, Philip ^a   Baines, David ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GAMEBIRD; LEK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SUBPOPULATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 41349106401     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461509     Document Type: Article

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