Mitigating against the impacts of human disturbance on black grouse Tetrao tetrix in northern England

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-189

  Warren, Philip ^a   Baines, David ^a   Richardson, Mike ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRoW Act; Heather moorland; Open Access; Winter feeding

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; FEEDING; FIELD METHOD; GAMEBIRD; MITIGATION; MOORLAND; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CALLUNA; TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 69549116399     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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