Bird populations in nine braided rivers of the Upper Waitaki Basin, South Island, New Zealand: Changes after 30 years

Notornis

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-256

  Maloney, R F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birds; Braided river; Comparative survey; Density; Upper Waitaki Basin

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BRAIDED RIVER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DENSITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANARHYNCHUS FRONTALIS; ANAS GRACILIS; ANATIDAE; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CHARADRIUS BICINCTUS; CICONIIFORMES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LARIDAE; LARUS BULLERI; LARUS DOMINICANUS; STERNA; STERNA ALBOSTRIATA; VANELLUS MILES;

EID: 0032720697     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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