Habitat use by non-breeding shorebirds in flooding pampas grasslands of Argentina

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 494-500

  Isacch, Juan Pablo ^a   Martínez, Mariano Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dotterel; Flooding pampa; Grassland shorebirds; Habitat use; Non breeding; Plover; Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; WADER;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS MODESTUS; NASSELLA NEESIANA; OREOPHOLUS RUFICOLLIS; OVIS ARIES; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS DOMINICA; SCOLOPACIDAE; STIPA; STIPA NEESIANA; TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS;

EID: 1442340237     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0494:HUBNSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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