Assessing the development of newly created habitat for wintering estuarine birds

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 163-174

  Mander, Lucas ^a   Cutts, Nicholas D ^a   Allen, James ^a   Mazik, Krysia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

habitat creation; Humber Estuary; intertidal area; managed realignment; waterbird

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; WATERFOWL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUMBER ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 34548475110     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.028     Document Type: Article

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