Overwinter population estimates of British waterbirds

British Birds

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 364-397

  Musgrove, Andrew J ^a   Austin, Graham E ^a   Hearn, Richard D ^b   Holt, Chas A ^a   Stroud, David A ^c   Wotton, Simon R ^d  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c JNCC   (United Kingdom)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA SET; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATERFOWL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAS STREPERA; ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS FLAVIROSTRIS; AVES; AYTHYA FERINA; CALIDRIS ALPINA; EGRETTA GARZETTA; RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA;

EID: 81455147344     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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