Hunting habitat selection by hen harriers on moorland: Implications for conservation management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 586-596

  Arroyo, Beatriz ^a,d   Amar, Arjun ^b,c   Leckie, Fiona ^a,e   Buchanan, Graeme M ^c   Wilson, Jeremy D ^c   Redpath, Stephen ^a,f  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^e Natural Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging ecology; Habitat management; Modelling; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INCUBATION; MOORLAND; NEST SITE; NESTLING; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION; PROTECTED AREA; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 59049083866     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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