Summer mortality of waterbirds in a Mediterranean wetland

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-53

  León Quinto, Trinidad ^a   De La Vega, Alejandro ^b   Lozano, Angel ^b   Pastor, Samanta ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mortality; Nesting birds; Spain; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; MORTALITY; SUMMER; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EL HONDO; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANATIDAE; AVES; VALENCIA;

EID: 1842766134     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0046:SMOWIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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