Satellite tracking of flamingos in southern Africa: The importance of small wetlands for management and conservation

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Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 480-483

  McCulloch, Graham ^a   Aebischer, Adrian ^b   Irvine, Kenneth ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flamingos; Migration; Phoeniconaias; Phoenicopterus; Satellite tracking; Southern Africa; Telemetry; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; MAKGADIKGADI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS; PHOENICOPTERUS MINOR; PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER ROSEUS;

EID: 2442458019     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000851     Document Type: Article

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