Spatial and temporal associations between recovering populations of common raven Corvus corax and British upland wader populations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Amar, Arjun ^a   Redpath, Steve ^b   Sim, Innes ^a   Buchanan, Graeme ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian conservation; Grouse moors; Lethal control; Population decline; Population limitation; Predation; Protected species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; NESTING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SCAVENGER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPLAND REGION; WADER;

EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CORVUS CORAX; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TETRAONIDAE; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 77951191468     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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