Winter breeding by Black-crowned Night Heron in Eastern Spain

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-382

  Dies, J Ignacio ^a   Ramón, Natalia ^b   Prosper, Josefina ^a  

^a Oficina Tecnica Devesa Albufera   (Spain)

^b Ctr de Proteccio i Estudi del Me   (Spain)

Author keywords

Black crowned Night Heron; Breeding; Nycticorax nyctocorax; Procambarus clarkii; Rice fields; Winter

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; REPRODUCTION; WADER; WINTER;

L'ALBUFERA; SPAIN; VALENCIA;

ARDEIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; AVES; CAMBARIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); GALLUS GALLUS; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; SCOLOPACIDAE; VALENCIA;

EID: 0345566179     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0379:WBBBNH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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