Habitat availability and roost-site selection by the Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus in an arid cultivated landscape (Los Monegros, NE Spain)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Tella, José L ^a   Torre, Ignacio ^b   Sánchez, Cristina ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers La Tela   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURHINUS OEDICNEMUS;

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; ROADSIDE; ROOST SITE; SALINE LAKE; STONE CURLEW;

SPAIN, ARAGON, LOS MONEGROS;

EID: 0029659779     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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