The likely impact of sea level rise on waders (Charadrii) wintering on estuaries

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-58

  Austin, Graham E ^a   Rehfisch, Mark M ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estuarine habitat; Global climate change; Sea level rise; Shorebirds; Waders

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WADER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CHARADRII; INVERTEBRATA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0038467215     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1617-1381-00029     Document Type: Article

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