The status of the Nordic populations of the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in a changing world

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-15

  Dalby, Lars ^a   Söderquist, Pär ^b,c   Christensen, Thomas K ^a   Clausen, Preben ^a   Einarsson, Árni ^d,l   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Fox, Anthony D ^a   Holmqvist, Niklas ^e   Langendoen, Tom ^f   Lehikoinen, Aleksi ^g   Lindström, Ake ^h   Lorentsen, Svein Håkon ⁱ   Nilsson, Leif ^h   Pöysä, Hannu ^j   Rintala, Jukka ^j   Sigfússon, Arnór P ^k   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Myvatn Research Station   (Iceland)

^e Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management   (Sweden)

^f WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ The Norwegian Directorate for Nature   (Norway)

^j FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute ^*  (Iceland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SCANDINAVIA;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 84876384978     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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