Tidal variation in numbers of waterbirds: How frequently should birds be counted to detect change and do low tide counts provide a realistic average?

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-57

  Burton, Niall H K ^a   Musgrove, Andrew J ^a   Rehfisch, Mark M ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVEYING; TIDE; WATERFOWL;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; ANAS; ANAS PENELOPE; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS ALPINA; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; NUMENIUS; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; PENELOPE; SCOLOPACIDAE; TADORNA; TADORNA TADORNA; TRINGA; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 1542320074     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461332     Document Type: Article

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