The African migration and wintering grounds of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-56

  Schäffer, Norbert ^a   Walther, Bruno A ^b,c,e   Gutteridge, Kim ^a   Rahbek, Carsten ^b,d  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HABITAT; SONGBIRD; WETLAND;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

ACROCEPHALUS PALUDICOLA; CAREX; JUNCUS; PHRAGMITES; POACEAE;

EID: 33646373678     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270906000025     Document Type: Article

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