Impacts and management of common buzzards Buteo buteo at pheasant Phasianus colchicus release pens in the UK: a review

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-197

  Parrott, Dave ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buteo buteo; Buzzard; Management; Phasianus colchicus; Pheasant; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925390431     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: 14390574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0893-1     Document Type: Review

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