Hen harrier management: Insights from demographic models fitted to population data

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1187-1194

  New, Leslie F ^a   Buckland, Stephen T ^a   Redpath, Stephen ^b   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Field voles; Meadow pipits; Population dynamics; Red grouse; Super population model; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; MEADOW; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAPTOR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHUS PRATENSIS; AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 80052798706     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02013.x     Document Type: Article

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