A review of the impacts of corvids on bird productivity and abundance

Ibis

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Madden, Christine F ^a   Arroyo, Beatriz ^b,c   Amar, Arjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Correlation; Corvus; Experiment; Game management; Ground nesting species; Meta analysis; Pica pica; Predation; Predator removal

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; PICA PICA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 84916910928     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12223     Document Type: Review

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