The return of the red-billed chough to cornwall: The first ten years and prospects for the future

British Birds

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 416-431

  Johnstone, Ian ^a   Mucklow, Claire ^a   Cross, Tony ^b   Lock, Leigh ^a   Carter, Ian ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecology Matters   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PASSERINE; RECOLONIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETURN MIGRATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; LIZARD PENINSULA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX; SQUAMATA;

EID: 81455135089     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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