Effects of landscape features on waterbird use of rice fields

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue SPEC.ISSUE.1, 2010, Pages 151-159

  King, Sammy ^a   Elphick, Chris S ^b   Guadagnin, Demetrio ^c   Taft, Oriane ^d   Amano, Tatsuya ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^d Watershed Sciences   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

agriculture; landscape structure; matrix; rails; rice; shorebirds; wading birds; waterbirds; waterfowl; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; IRRIGATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATRIX; PADDY FIELD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RICE; TAXONOMY; WADER; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

ANATIDAE; AVES; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 78651469529     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.s111     Document Type: Article

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