Large numbers of breeding Egrets and Herons in China

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-128

  Fasola, Mauro ^a   Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Dai, Nianhua ^b   Dong, Yuanhua ^c   Zhang, Yingmei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black crowned Night Heron; Breeding numbers; Cattle Egret; China; Chinese Pond Heron; Great White Egret; Intermediate Egret; Little Egret

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION SIZE; WADER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE; TAIHU LAKE;

ARDEA ALBA; ARDEIDAE; ARDEOLA BACCHUS; BOS TAURUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; EGRETTA GARZETTA; EGRETTA INTERMEDIA; IBIS; MESOPHOYX INTERMEDIA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; NYTICORAX; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 1842816361     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0126:LNOBEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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