The importance to ardeids of the deep bay fish ponds, Hong Kong

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Young, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WWF Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Egrets; Fish ponds; Herons; Hong Kong; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BULBUCUS IBIS; EGRETTA GARZETTA;

EID: 0032104797     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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