Cause of death in willow ptarmigan Lagopus I. lagopus chicks and the effect of intensive, local predator control on chick production

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Steen, Johan B ^a   Haugvold, Odd A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chick mortality; Lagopus lagopus; Population dynamics; Predation; Willow ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVUS; CORVUS CORAX; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; MARTES MARTES; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; SALIX; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 67249090421     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/07-073     Document Type: Article

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