Ecology of wading birds

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-120

  Hafner, Heinz ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding; Colony sites; Conservation; Ecological requirements; Feeding ecology; Herons; Nesting; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; AVES;

BREEDING ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT REQUIREMENT; WADER;

EID: 0031395532     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521773     Document Type: Article

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