Anthropogenic and environmental determinants of Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus breeding numbers and productivity in the Camargue (Rhone delta, southern France)

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Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Bechet, Arnaud ^a   Johnson, Alan R ^b  

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

^b Ancienne Poste   (France)

Author keywords

Chick condition; Mediterranean climate; NAO; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLEDGING; FLOODING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALT PAN; WADER;

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

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS;

EID: 37849012906     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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