A comparison of two European breeding habitats of the Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-27

  De Kroon, Gerard H J ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding habitat; Nest measurements; Nest site; Rallus aquaticus; Vegetation structure; Water rail

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SITE; NEST SITE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAREX; JUNCUS; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RALLUS; RALLUS AQUATICUS; SPARGANIUM; SPARGANIUM ERECTUM;

EID: 3242800392     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0107     Document Type: Article

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