Revised estimate of numbers of wintering Red-throated Divers Gavia stellata in Great Britain

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-160

  O'Brien, Susan H ^a   Wilson, Linda J ^a   Webb, Andy ^a   Cranswick, Peter A ^b  

^a JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; WADER;

DUNGENESS; EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLAMBOROUGH HEAD; KENT; LIVERPOOL BAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

AVES; GAVIA STELLATA;

EID: 47249166448     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461517     Document Type: Article

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