Reducing death by electrocution of the white storkCiconia ciconia

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 483-487

  Kaluga, Ireneusz ^a   Sparks, Tim H ^b,c,d   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^b  

^a Stork Wildlife Society   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Effective conservation; Electricity; Electrocution; Poland; Power line; White stork

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIA; CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 84859831184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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