Differential distribution of Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus overwintering on the Wash, east England

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-82

  Le V Dit Durell, Sarah E A ^a   Atkinson, Phil W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THE WASH; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 1542320045     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461335     Document Type: Article

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