Fluctuations in numbers of great white pelicans at Lake St Lucia in response to changing water-levels

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-290

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Conservation; Lake St Lucia; Management; Pelican; Population

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOINDICATOR; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER; WATER LEVEL;

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

PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS;

EID: 50849108532     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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