Monitoring birds of prey in Finland: A summary of methods, trends, and statistical power

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Saurola, Pertti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAPTOR; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAPTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 53549103027     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[416:MBOPIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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32. This contribution is entirely based on the monumental fieldwork of enthusiastic and experienced Finnish raptor ringers. Heidi Björklund, Jukka Haapala, Juha Honkala, Jari Korhonen, Jukka Lehtonen, and Jukka-Pekka Taivalmäki were responsible for administration, which was made possible by support from the Ministry of Environment. Anders Bignert, Heikki Lokki, and Jan Lindström gave their expertise and help in statistics and computer programming. Tuomo Ollila and Torsten Stjernberg put their unpublished data at my disposal. Paola Movalli Duke and Guy Duke checked the English, and Åke Lindström and Ian Newton made constructive comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript.