Population change of avian predators and grey squirrels in England: Is there evidence for an impact on avian prey populations?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Newson, Stuart E ^a   Rexstad, Eric A ^b   Baillie, Stephen R ^a   Buckland, Stephen T ^b   Aebischer, Nicholas J ^c  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Predation; Predators; Rates of population change

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; NEST PREDATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; RODENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; BUTEO BUTEO; CORVUS CORONE; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; MAMMALIA; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSERIFORMES; PICA PICA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 77951195811     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01771.x     Document Type: Article

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