A first survey of the global population size and distribution of the Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-198

  Summers, Ron W ^a   Buckland, Stephen T ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LOXIA; LOXIA PYTYOPSITTACUS; LOXIA SCOTICA; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 79958792770     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270909990323     Document Type: Article

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