Effects of cropping practices on the use of rice fields by waterbirds in the Camargue, France

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 543-549

  Tourenq, Christophe ^a,b,c   Sadoul, Nicolas ^a   Beck, Nicolas ^a   Mesléard, François ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c National Avian Research Center AbuDhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Camargue; France; Rice fields; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CROPPING PRACTICE; LAND USE; WATERFOWL;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CICONIIFORMES; GALLINULA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 0037404812     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00203-7     Document Type: Article

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