The status of habitat of great white and pink-backed pelicans in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A review

African Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-98

  Bowker, Meyrick B ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breeding site; Foraging; Habitat assessment; Lake St Lucia; Pelecanus spp.; Pelicans; Phongolo River floodplain

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; FLOODPLAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SITE SELECTION;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; LAKE SAINT LUCIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS; PELECANUS RUFESCENS;

EID: 46849093399     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43[90:TSOHOG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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