Occurrence and abundance of waterbirds at an ephemeral pan in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Ostrich

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-284

  Herrmann, Eric ^a   Anderson, Mark D ^b   Seaman, Maitland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Environment and Conservation   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SMITHII; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ARDEIDAE; CANA; CICONIIFORMES; HIMANTOPUS; HIMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PODICIPEDIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; TADORNA; TADORNA CANA;

EID: 13444283979     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520409485455     Document Type: Article

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