The invasive red swamp crayfish as a predictor of Eurasian bittern density in the Camargue, France

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-105

  Poulin, B ^a   Lefebvre, G ^a   Crivelli, A J ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Botaurus stellaris; Food availability; Mediterranean wetland; Phragmites australis; Procambarus clarkii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CRAYFISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VULNERABILITY; WADER; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ARDEIDAE; ASTACOIDEA; BOTAURUS STELLARIS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; INVERTEBRATA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 34548126842     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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