Plant-water regime management in a wetland: Consequences for a floating vegetation-nesting bird, whiskered tern Chlidonias hybridus

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3469-3480

  Paillisson, Jean Marc ^a   Reeber, Sebastien ^b   Carpentier, Alexandre ^a   Marion, Loic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SNPN   (France)

Author keywords

Chlidonias hybridus; Floating vegetation; Management; Timing of breeding; Water level; Whiskered tern

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COLONY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; NESTING; PHYTOMASS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CHLIDONIAS HYBRIDUS; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ALBA;

EID: 33846094577     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-2939-2     Document Type: Article

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