Predicting site quality for shorebird communities: A case study on the Humber estuary, UK

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 305, Issue , 2005, Pages 203-217

  Stillman, Richard A ^a   West, Andrew D ^a   Goss Custard, John D ^a   McGrorty, Selwyn ^a   Frost, Natalie J ^b   Morrisey, Donald J ^b,c   Kenny, Andrew J ^b,d   Drewitt, Allan L ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour based model; Climate change; Estuary management; Site quality; Waders

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; WADER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUMBER ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; ANNELIDA; AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CHARADRIUS HIATICULA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; INVERTEBRATA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 31944431626     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps305203     Document Type: Article

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