The impact of changes in irrigation practices on the distribution of foraging egrets and herons (Ardeidae) in the rice fields of central Japan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-230

  Lane, Simon J ^a,b   Fujioka, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Ardeidae; Fish; Foraging; Irrigation methods; Japan; Rice fields

Indexed keywords

GREAT EGRET; GREY HERON; INTERMEDIATE EGRET; IRRIGATION; LITTLE EGRET; PREY AVAILABILITY; RICE FIELDS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARDEA ALBA; ARDEA CINEREA; ARDEIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; BOS TAURUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; CASMERODIUS; EGRETTA ALBA; EGRETTA GARZETTA; HYMENOPHYSA CURTA; IBIS; INVERTEBRATA; MESOPHOYX INTERMEDIA; MISGURNUS ANGUILLICAUDATUS; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 0032008291     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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