Exploring the relationships between wader declines and current land-use in the British uplands

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-26

  Amar, Arjun ^a,d   Grant, Murray ^a   Buchanan, Graeme ^a   Sim, Innes ^a   Wilson, Jared ^a,c   Pearce Higgins, James W ^a   Redpath, Steve ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST EDGE; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER; WADER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CALLUNA; CORVUS CORONE; GALLINAGO GALLINAGO; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TETRAONIDAE; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 79951889615     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.513412     Document Type: Article

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