Habitat preferences and survival in wildlife reintroductions: An ecological trap in reintroduced grey partridges

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1357-1364

  Rantanen, Elina M ^a   Buner, Francis ^b   Riordan, Philip ^a   Sotherton, Nick ^b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Conservation; Field margin; Game bird; Game cover; Habitat choice; Habitat use; Predation risk; Re introduction; Release

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FIELD MARGIN; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MORTALITY; PREDATION RISK; RADIOTELEMETRY; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 78149315739     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01867.x     Document Type: Article

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