Linking nest histories, remotely sensed land use data and wildlife crime records to explore the impact of grouse moor management on peregrine falcon populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-94

  Amar, Arjun ^a,b   Court, Ian R ^c   Davison, Martin ^c   Downing, Steve ^c   Grimshaw, Trevor ^c   Pickford, Terry ^c   Raw, David ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Northern England Raptor Forum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hunting; Persecution; Predation; Source sink dynamics; Wildlife crime

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRIME; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; LAND USE PLANNING; RAPTOR; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; RAPTORES; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84856230645     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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