An individual-oriented model for ecological risk assessment of wading birds

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 471-478

  Matsinos, Yiannis G ^a   Wolff, W F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Individual oriented; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WADER;

ARDEA; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0347567365     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00246-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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