Radio-telemetry as a tool to define protected areas for seabirds in the marine environment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1808-1817

  Wilson, Linda J ^a   McSorley, Claire A ^a   Gray, Catherine M ^b   Dean, Ben J ^a   Dunn, Timothy E ^a   Webb, Andy ^a   Reid, James B ^a  

^a JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Maes Y Ffynnon ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kernel analysis; Manx shearwater; Rafting behaviour; Special Protection Area

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY;

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

AVES; PUFFINUS PUFFINUS;

EID: 67349103792     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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