Temporal changes to spatially stratified waterbird communities of the Coorong, South Australia: Implications for the management of heterogenous wetlands

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-417

  Paton, D C ^a   Rogers, D J ^a   Hill, B M ^a   Bailey, C P ^a   Ziembicki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Reverse estuary; Salinity; Waterbirds; Wetland heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WADER; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COORONG; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANAS GRACILIS; AVES; CALIDRIS RUFICOLLIS;

EID: 70349585431     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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