The influences of climate and hydrology on population dynamics of waterbirds in the lower Murrumbidgee River floodplains in Southeast Australia: Implications for environmental water management

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-163

  Wen, Li ^a   Rogers, Kerrylee ^a   Saintilan, Neil ^a   Ling, Joanne ^a  

^a Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment water; Floodplain wetlands; Generalized additive models (GAM); Negative binomial (NB) distribution; Population dynamics; Waterbird

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT WATER; FLOOD PLAINS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; WATERBIRD;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESTORATION; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEEP WATER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANAS;

EID: 78049469155     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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