Waterbird densities in South European rice fields as a function of rice management

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 196-199

  Lourenço, Pedro M ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural habitat; Aquatic birds; Farming practices; Generalized mixed effects model; Management; Water level

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROPPING PRACTICE; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DENSITY; WATERFOWL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 58149104077     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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