Phenology, stopover dynamics and population size of migrating black-tailed godwits limosa limosa limosa in Portuguese rice plantations

Ardea

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-42

  Lourenço, Pedro M ^a   Kentie, Rosemarie ^a   Schroeder, Julia ^a,b   Alves, José A ^c   Groen, Niko M ^a   Hooijmeijer, Jos C E W ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Limosa limosa; Phenology; Population estimate; Rice fields; Staging area; Stopover duration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PADDY FIELD; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; STOPOVER; WADER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; TAGUS ESTUARY;

AVES; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA LIMOSA;

EID: 77951857808     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.098.0105     Document Type: Article

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