Effects of human presence on the long-term trends of migrant and resident shorebirds: Evidence of local population declines

Animal Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-81

  Martin B ^a   Delgado, S ^a   de la Cruz, A ^a   Tirado, S ^a   Ferrer, M ^a,b  

^a Fundación Migres   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Population trend; Recreational activities; Shorebirds; Stop over

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84921565362     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12139     Document Type: Article

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