Waterbird communities in rice fields subjected to different post-harvest treatments

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Day, John H ^a,b   Colwell, Mark A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Bird communities; Diversity; Habitat use; Oryza sativa; Rice; Shorebirds; Wading birds; Waterfowl; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIRD; HABITAT USE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032315567     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521905     Document Type: Article

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