Wild bird indicators: Using composite population trends of birds as measures of environmental health

Ornithological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-22

  Gregory, Richard D ^a   Strien, Arco Van ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity targets; Birds; Environmental health; Population trends; Wild bird indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955841231     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.9.3     Document Type: Article

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