The effects of flooding lowland wet grassland on soil macroinvertebrate prey of breeding wading birds

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 320-338

  Ausden, Malcolm ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   James, Robert ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ESA; Flooding; Habitat management; Lumbricidae; Tipulidae; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; GRASSLAND; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WADER;

EUROPE;

GALLINAGO GALLINAGO; LIMOSA LIMOSA; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0035017664     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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