Winter management of Californian rice fields for waterbirds

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-108

  Elphick, Chris S ^a   Oring, Lewis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Shorebirds; Water depth; Waterfowl; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HABITAT USE; RICE FIELD; WATER DEPTH; WATERBIRD;

USA, CALTFORNIA;

ARDEA HERODIAS; GRUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031970477     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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