Factors influencing farmland habitat use by shorebirds wintering in the Fraser River Delta, Canada

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 252-258

  Evans Ogden, Lesley J ^a   Bittman, Shabtai ^b   Lank, David B ^a   Stevenson, F Craig ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Farming practices; Non breeding; Supra tidal habitat; Waders; Weather

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COASTAL ZONE; DAY LENGTH; HABITAT USE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WADER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS ALPINA PACIFICA; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; RAPTORES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 39649101091     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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