How the carrying capacity of the Wadden Sea regulates the number of wintering waders at Banc d'Arguin;Hoe de draagkracht van de Waddenzee vogelaantallen op de Banc d'Arguin beparkt

Limosa

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 134-140

  Van Gils, Jan A ^a   Van Der Geest, Matthijs ^a   Kraan, Casper ^a   Folmer, Eelke O ^b   Jansen, Erik J ^b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; POPULATION DECLINE; WADER;

BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK; MAURITANIA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 76649122538     PISSN: 00243620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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