Status, distribution and long-term changes in the waterbird community wintering in Doñana, south-west Spain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1371-1388

  Rendon M A ^a   Green, A J ^a   Aguilera, E ^a   Almaraz, P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerial counts; Habitat transformation; Migratory status; Population trends; Trophic guild; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GUILD; HABITAT QUALITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARSH; MIGRATORY POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC STATUS; WADER; WATERFOWL;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADALQUIVIR MARSH; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ARDEA CINEREA; AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; CICONIA CICONIA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 44249123738     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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