Water flows on Cooper Creek in arid Australia determine 'boom' and 'bust' periods for waterbirds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-248

  Kingsford, R T ^a   Curtin, A L ^a   Porter, J ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Cooper Creek; Flow; Irrigation; Waterbirds; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; FLOW PATTERN; POPULATION SIZE; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; COOPER CREEK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ANSERIFORMES; CYGNUS ATRATUS; LARIDAE; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS CONSPICILLATUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 0033009045     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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