Effectiveness of predator removal for enhancing bird populations;Efectividad de la remoción de depredadores para incrementar las poblaciones de aves

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 820-829

  Smith, Rebecca K ^a   Pullin, Andrew S ^b   Stewart, Gavin B ^b   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Culling; Evidence based conservation; Hatching success; Meta analysis; Predator eradication; Systematic review methodology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULLING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLEDGING; HETEROGENEITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

AVES;

EID: 77956573887     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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