Gamebird Science, Agricultural Policy and Biodiversity Conservation in Lowland Areas of the UK

Recreational Hunting, Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Science and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 197-211

  Aebischer, Nicholas J ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural policies in UK and key lowland game bird species decline; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Decline of grey partridge and Scientific research into its decline; Effective conservation measures; Gamebird science, agricultural policy and biodiversity conservation; Grey partridge in UK and applied scientific research on quarry species; Integration of gamebird science with agricultural policy; Release based shooting and incentive for habitat management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954849490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303179.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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