Changing land management of lowland wet grasslands of the UK: Impacts on snipe abundance and habitat quality

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-351

  Smart, Jennifer ^a   Amar, A ^a   O'Brien, M ^a   Grice, P ^b   Smith, K ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding waders; Environmentally sensitive area; Habitat management; Nature reserve; Soil condition; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DECLINE; WADER; WETLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GALLINAGO GALLINAGO; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 48649106617     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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