Population size and breeding success of the Icelandic Whooper Swan cygnus cygnus: Results of the january 2005 international census

Wildfowl

Volumn 59, Issue , 2009, Pages 17-40

  Worden, Jenny ^a   Crowe, Olivia ^b   Einarsson, Ólafur ^c   Gardarsson, Arnthor ^d   Mcelwaine, Graham ^e   Rees, Eileen C ^a  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDWATCH IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Fuglaverndarfelag Islands   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e Irish Whooper Swan Study Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cygnus cygnus; International census; Population size; Population trends; Whooper swan; Winter distribution

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CENSUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

ENGLAND; ICELAND; IRELAND; ISLE OF MAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS CYGNUS;

EID: 77149123637     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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