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SNH Research Report 1149 - front cover

NatureScot Research Report 1149 - Updating the estimates of national trends and regional differences in red deer densities on open-hill ground in Scotland

29 Nov, 2019

This report extend previous estimates of trends in overall red deer density (Commissioned Report 981). It incorporates 30 Deer Management Area (DMA) counts of red deer on open-hill ground in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, conducted between 2017 and 15 partial counts of DMAs not previously available conducted between 2014 and 2018.

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