Assessment of the impacts of hydrological fluctuations and salt pans abandonment on Greater flamingos in the Camargue, South of France

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1575-1588

  Béchet, Arnaud ^a   Germain, Christophe ^a   Sandoz, Alain ^a   Hirons, Graham J M ^a,b   Green, Rhys E ^a,c   Walmsley, John G ^a,d   Johnson, Alan R ^a,e  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Ancienne Poste ^*  (France)

^e Ancienne Poste   (France)

Author keywords

Buffer; Dye; Global change; Lagoon; Mark recapture; Mediterranean; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; DYE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS;

EID: 67349114553     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9544-8     Document Type: Article

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