Seasonal and tidal variation in densities of feeding birds on tidal mud flats;Saisonale und tidale variation in der nutzung von wattflächen durch nahrungssuchende vögel

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-198

  Tiedemann, Ralph ^a   Nehls, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BIRDS; MUD FLATS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONAL/TIDAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL VARIATION;

CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS CANATUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LARUS CANUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; PLUVIALIS APRICARIA;

EID: 0030766530     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01651622     Document Type: Article

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