Enhancing food supplies for waders: Inconsistent effects of substratum manipulations on aquatic invertebrate biomass

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-76

  Sanders, Mark D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Shorebirds; Straw; Substrate effects; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SUBSTRATE; WADER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034098602     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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