Habitat selection of the Eurasian woodcock in winter in relation to earthworms availability

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 479-490

  Duriez, Olivier ^a,b   Ferrand, Yves ^b   Binet, Françoise ^c   Corda, Eve ^b   Gossmann, François ^b   Fritz, Hervé ^d  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UPR 1934   (France)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Habitat changes; Lumbricidae; Scolopax rusticola; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EARTHWORM; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; HUNTING;

BRETAGNE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; LUMBRICIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SCOLOPAX; SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA;

EID: 9644259178     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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