Management of water regimes in River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis wetlands for waterbird breeding

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 187-197

  Briggs, S V ^a   Thornton, S A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding waterbirds; River Red Gum; Water regimes; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANHINGIDAE; ARDEIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; IBIS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 0001178906     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1999.019     Document Type: Article

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