The potential impacts of changes in ecological networks, land use and climate on the Eurasian crane population in Estonia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 887-904

  Leito, Aivar ^a   Bunce, Robert Gerald Henry ^a   Külvik, Mart ^a   Ojaste, Ivar ^a   Raet, Janar ^a   Villoslada, Miguel ^a   Leivits, Meelis ^b   Kull, Anne ^a   Kuusemets, Valdo ^a   Kull, Tiiu ^a   Metzger, Marc Joris ^c   Sepp, Kalev ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding habitats; Cereal fields; Eurasian crane; Flyways; Protection; Wetlands; Wintering sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939967956     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0161-0     Document Type: Article

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