Long-term monitoring and conservation of herons in France and Italy

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 298-305

  Hafner, Heinz ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding site management; Colonial herons; France; Italy; Long term monitoring; Mediterranean; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; AVES; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

BREEDING BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERON; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 0031399240     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521697     Document Type: Article

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