Northwest European Bewick's Swans: A population in decline

British Birds

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 640-650

  Rees, Eileen C ^a   Beekman, Jan H ^b  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ARCADIS ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

LENINGRAD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG;

ANSER; AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS BEWICKII;

EID: 78649341742     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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