The decline of Afro-Palaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes

Ibis

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Vickery, Juliet A ^a   Ewing, Steven R ^a   Smith, Ken W ^a   Pain, Deborah J ^a,d   Bairlein, Franz ^b   Škorpilová, Jana ^c   Gregory, Richard D ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c Pan European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme   (Czech Republic)

^d WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding and wintering grounds; Drivers of change; Migration; Population trends; Staging sites

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPIC ECOZONE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PALEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION DECLINE; REMOTE SENSING;

EUROPE; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84890502669     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12118     Document Type: Review

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