Modelling the impact of hen harrier management measures on a red grouse population in the UK

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1061-1072

  New, Leslie F ^a   Buckland, Stephen T ^a   Redpath, Stephen ^b   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAMEBIRD; LIFE HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; RAPTORES; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84862769697     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19958.x     Document Type: Article

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