Threats to burdur lake ecosystem, Turkey and its waterbirds, particularly the white-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-252

  Green, Andy J ^a   Fox, A D ^b   Hilton, Geoffrey ^c   Hughes, Barry ^d   Yarar, Murat ^e   Salathé, Tobias ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b K   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e DHKD   (Turkey)

^f STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Hunting; Pollution; Sedimentation; Waterbird; White headed duck

Indexed keywords

BLACK-NECKED GREBE; GULL; HUNTING; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POPULATION CHANGE; SALINE LAKE; TUFTED DUCK; WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE; WHITE-HEADED DUCK;

TURKEY, ANATOLIA, BURDUR LAKE;

EID: 0029730123     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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