Effects on shorebird numbers of disturbance, the loss of a roost site and its replacement by an artificial island at Hartlepool, Cleveland

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 193-201

  Burton, Niall H K ^a   Evans, Peter R ^a   Robinson, M Andrew ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

habitat creation; island; roost site; shorebirds

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; SHOREBIRD;

UK, ENGLAND, CLEVELAND, HARTLEPOOL;

ARENARIA INTERPRES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS MARITIMA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 0030303767     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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