Is nest predator exclusion an effective strategy for enhancing bird populations?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  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; Fences; Meta analysis; Nest cages; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HATCHING; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESEARCH WORK; SIZE STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

AVES;

EID: 78751591190     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.008     Document Type: Review

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