Drivers of breeding numbers in a long-distance migrant, the Garganey (Anas querquedula): Effects of climate and hunting pressure

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 679-687

  Pöysä, Hannu ^a   Väänänen, Veli Matti ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hunting pressure; Population dynamics; Spring migration; Weather; Wintering conditions

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; WATERFOWL; WEATHER; WINTER;

FINLAND;

ANAS; ANAS QUERQUEDULA; AVES;

EID: 84902543135     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-014-1051-y     Document Type: Article

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