Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2007

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-144

  Moss, Dorian ^a   Coiffait, Liz ^a   Robinson, Robert A ^a   Blackburn, Jeremy R ^a   Grantham, Mark J ^a   Marchant, John H ^a   Barber, Lee ^a   De Palacio, Diana ^a   Griffin, Bridget M ^a   Clark, Jacquie A ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LONGEVITY; MIGRATION ROUTE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RINGING; WATERFOWL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; ANATIDAE; AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS;

EID: 58349084780     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2008.9674383     Document Type: Article

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