Management procedures required to increase chironomid availability to waders feeding on artificial lagoons remain unclear

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-12

  Green, A J ^a   Hilton, G M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Habitat management; Man made lagoons; Water depth

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LAGOON; BIOMASS; CHIRONOMID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; WADER;

EID: 0031981420     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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