Waterbirds at Paarl Waste Water Treatment Works, South Africa, 1994-2004: Seasonality, trends and conservation importance

Ostrich

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-163

  Harebottle, Doug M ^a   Williams, Anthony J ^a   Weiss, Yvonne ^b   Tong, Graham B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Paarl Monitoring Group   (South Africa)

^c Paarl Monitoring Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPOCHEN AEGYPTIACUS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; CHLIDONIAS LEUCOPTERUS; LARIDAE; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PODICIPEDIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 55949119010     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2008.79.2.4.578     Document Type: Article

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