The breeding status of Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus in the UK and Isle of Man in 2002

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-436

  Banks, Alexander N ^a,d   Crick, Humphrey Q P ^a,e   Coombes, Rachel ^a   Benn, Stuart ^c   Ratcliffe, Derek A ^b   Humphreys, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; FOOD SUPPLY; NEST SITE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ISLE OF MAN; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS;

EID: 78649952110     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.511148     Document Type: Article

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