Importance of gravel pits for the conservation of waterbirds in the Garonne river floodplain (southwest France)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1231-1243

  Santoul, F ^a   Figuerola, J ^b   Green, Andy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian community; Environmental factors; Gravel pits; Waterbird conservation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT USE; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GARONNE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 1642400432     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000018154.02096.4b     Document Type: Article

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