A synthesis of human-related avian mortality in Canada;Synthèse des sources de mortalité aviaire d'origine anthropique au Canada

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Calvert, Anna M ^a   Bishop, Christine A ^a   Elliot, Richard D ^a   Krebs, Elizabeth A ^a   Kydd, Tyler M ^a   Machtans, Craig S ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird mortality; Cats; Collisions; Human impacts; Incidental take; Industry; Population effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885337022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00581-080211     Document Type: Article

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