Roosting waterbirds at the Osterems, German Wadden Sea: Seasonal and spatial trends studied by aerial and ground surveys

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-142

  Scheiffarth, Gregor ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial count; Kachelotplate; Migratory waterbirds; Phenology; Roost site; Sandbank island; Undisturbed islands; Wintering birds

Indexed keywords

MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; ROOSTING; SANDBANK; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LARIDAE; NUMENIUS ARQUATA; SCOLOPACIDAE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 62149136609     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03055289     Document Type: Article

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