The exploitation of intertidal food resources in Inhaca Bay, Mozambique, by shorebirds and humans

Biological Conservation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-303

  De Boer, W F ^a   Longamane, F A ^a  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

benthos; consumption; disturbance; humans; shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; BIRD; BIRDS; CURLEW SANDPIPER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HUMAN IMPACT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; RESOURCE EXPLOITATION; WHIMBREL;

MOZAMBIQUE, INHACA ISLAND;

CALIDRIS FERRUGINEA; NUMENIUS PHAEPUS;

EID: 0030512543     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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