Nesting, overwintering, and conservation of the Crab Plover Dromas ardeola in central Eritrea

Ibis

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 753-764

  De Marchi, G ^a   Chiozzi, G ^a   Semere, D ^b   Galeotti, P ^c   Boncompagni, E ^c   Fasola, M ^c  

^a Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Fisheries   (Eritrea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; OVERWINTERING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DROMAS ARDEOLA; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 33750183756     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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