Current and Potential Threats to Nordic Duck Populations - A Horizon Scanning Exercise

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 193-220

  Fox, Anthony D ^a   Jónsson, Jón Einar ^b   Aarvak, Tomas ^c   Bregnballe, Thomas ^a   Christensen, Thomas Kjær ^a   Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann ^a   Clausen, Preben ^a   Dalby, Lars ^a   Holm, Thomas Eske ^a   Pavón Jordan, Diego ^d   Laursen, Karsten ^a   Lehikoinen, Aleksi ^d   Lorentsen, Svein Håkon ^e   Møller, Anders Pape ^f   Nordström, Mikael ^g   Öst, Markus ^h,i   Söderquist, Pär ^j   Therkildsen, Ole Roland ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Norwegian Ornithological Society   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^g Parks and Wildlife Finland   (Finland)

^h ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

ⁱ Aronia   (Finland)

^j KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION PRESSURE; WATERFOWL;

EID: 84939172576     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.052.0404     Document Type: Review

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