Use of lethal control to reduce habituation to blank rounds by scavenging birds

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1653-1657

  Baxter, Andrew T ^a   Allan, John R ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanks; Corvids; Deterrence; Gulls; Habituation; Lethal; Shooting; Waste management

Indexed keywords

HABITUATION; LANDFILL; PASSERINE; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SEABIRD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

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

AVES; CORVIDA;

EID: 53049108019     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-458     Document Type: Article

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