Reproduction of least bitterns in a managed wetland

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 268-273

  Post, William ^a  

^a Charleston Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

American alligator; Boat tailed Grackle; Clutch size; Impoundment; Ixobrychus exilis; Least Bittern; Managed wetland; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

IXOBRYCHUS EXILIS;

EID: 0032318921     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521919     Document Type: Article

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