Breeding status of Merlins Falco columbarius in the UK in 2008

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-389

  Ewing, Steven R ^a   Rebecca, Graham W ^a   Heavisides, Alan ^b   Court, Ian R ^c   Lindley, Patrick ^a   Ruddock, Marc ^d   Cohen, Simon ^e   Eaton, Mark A ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Raptor Study Groups   (United Kingdom)

^c C/o Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVEY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

FALCO COLUMBARIUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84857400425     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.606497     Document Type: Review

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