Water rail Rallus aquaticus breeding density and habitat preferences in Northern Italy

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Brambilla, Mattia ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Habitat preference; Rallus aquaticus; Reedbed management

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REEDBED;

PHRAGMITES; RALLUS AQUATICUS; TYPHA;

EID: 13644265878     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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