Study on the hydrological conditions for the conservation of the nesting habitat of the Red-crowned Crane in Xianghai Wetlands, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 612-622

  He, Chunguang ^a   Ishikawa, Tadaharu ^b   Sheng, Lianxi ^a   Irie, Mitsuteru ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation of nature; Habitat of waterfowl; National Nature Reserve; Precautionary approach; Red crowned crane; Regression analysis; Satellite image analysis; Water supply to wetlands

Indexed keywords

CRANES; ECOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS; STATISTICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WETLANDS;

HABITAT OF WATERFOWL; NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH; RED-CROWNED CRANE; SATELLITE IMAGE ANALYSIS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RIVER WATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATERFOWL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN; XIANGHAI NATURE RESERVE;

ANATIDAE; BALEARICA PAVONINA; GRUIDAE;

EID: 61849098333     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7189     Document Type: Article

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