Grey Partridge Perdix perdix in the UK: Recovery status, set-aside and shooting

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 530-542

  Aebischer, Nicholas J ^a   Ewald, Julie A ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment scheme; Biodiversity Action Plan; Case study; Habitat creation; Wildlife management.

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD REARING; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 77954859714     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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