The value of rice fields as substitutes for natural wetlands for waterbirds in the Mediterranean Region

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 122-128

  Fasola, Mauro ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia Animale   (Italy)

^b Departament de Biologia Animal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Mediterranean; Rice fields; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ARDEIDAE; AVES; LARIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0141582030     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521955     Document Type: Article

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