Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom

British Birds

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 64-100

  Musgrove, Andy ^a   Aebischer, Nicholas ^b   Eaton, Mark ^c   Hearn, Richard ^d   Newson, Stuart ^a   Noble, David ^a   Parsons, Matt ^e   Risely, Kate ^a   Stroud, David ^f  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b GWCT   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e JNCC   (United Kingdom)

^f JNCC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; ORNITHOLOGY; PASSERINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84873682352     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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