Waterbird populations at the orange river mouth from 1980–2001: A re-assessment of its ramsar status

Ostrich

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 159-172

  Anderson, Mark D ^a   Kolberg, Holger ^b   Anderson, P Corné ^c   Dini, John ^d   Abrahams, Abe ^a  

^a N Cape Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

^b Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^c McGregor Museum   (South Africa)

^d Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HIRUNDO; LARIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 0344515647     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520309485389     Document Type: Article

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