Birds, buffers and bicycles: A review and case study of wetland buffers

Victorian Naturalist

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Weston, Michael A ^a   Antos, Mark J ^b   Glover, Hayley K ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Parks Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Buffers; Disturbance; Recreation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 70349597667     PISSN: 00425184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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