Complementary use of natural and artificial wetlands by waterbirds wintering in Doñana, south-west Spain

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 815-826

  Kloskowski, Janusz ^a   Green, Andy J ^b   Polak, Marcin ^a   Bustamante, Javier ^b   Krogulec, Jaroslaw ^a,c  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Ogolnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptakow   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Fish ponds; Landscape complementation; Wetlands; Wintering waterbirds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; DATABASE; FISH; FLOODING; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT USE; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MARSH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL PARK; POND; PREY AVAILABILITY; REFUGE; WADER; WATERFOWL; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 70350656075     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1027     Document Type: Article

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