A guide to the provision of refuges for waders: An analysis of 30 years of ringing data from the Wash, England

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 673-687

  Rehfisch, Mark M ^a   Clark, Nigel A ^a   Langston, Rowena H W ^a   Greenwood, Jeremy J D ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age and temporal effects; roosting dispersal; shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; MOVEMENT PATTERN; REFUGE CREATION; REFUGES; RINGING DATA; ROOST; ROOST MOVEMENTS; WADER; WADER MOBILITY;

UK, ENGLAND, WASH;

EID: 0030304904     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404939     Document Type: Article

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