Demographic studies of wading birds: An overview

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Cezilly, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Dispersal; Fecundity; Flamingos; Herons; Ibises; Population biology; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Spoonbills; Storks; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARDEA CINEREA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; EGRETTA GARZETTA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WADER;

EID: 0031395520     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521774     Document Type: Review

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