Bird density and diversity in braided river beds in the Upper Waitaki Basin, South Island, New Zealand

Notornis

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 219-232

  Maloney, R F ^a   Rebergen, A L ^a   Nilsson, R J ^a,b   Wells, N J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Braided river; Density; Diversity; Survey; Upper Waitaki basin; Wetland birds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND BIRD;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WAITAKI BASIN;

ANARHYNCHUS FRONTALIS; CHARADRIUS BICINCTUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS; HIMANTOPUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; LARUS BULLERI; LARUS DOMINICANUS; STERNA ALBOSTRIATA;

EID: 0031392658     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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