Incidence of embedded shotgun pellets in Bewick's swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii and whooper swans Cygnus cygnus wintering in the UK

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1630-1637

  Newth, Julia L ^a   Brown, Martin J ^a   Rees, Eileen C ^a  

^a WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition; Illegal shooting; Long term trends; Shotgun pellets; Swans; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY CONDITION; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HUNTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CYGNUS; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS BEWICKII; CYGNUS CYGNUS;

EID: 79956193645     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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