An ornithological survey of Algerian wetlands: Important Bird Areas, Ramsar sites and threatened species

Wildfowl

Volumn 58, Issue , 2008, Pages 71-96

  Samraoui, Boudjéma ^a   Samraoui, Farrah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELMA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Breeding; Conservation status; Migration; North Africa; Ornithological hot spots; Stopover; Waterbirds; Winter quarters

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MIGRATION; WETLAND;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 58149236478     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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