Breeding waterbirds in rice fields: A global review

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue SPEC.ISSUE.1, 2010, Pages 123-132

  Pierluissi, Sergio ^a  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

breeding birds; cranes; nest density; nest success; rails; rice fields; shorebirds; waterfowl

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CULTIVATION; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; IRRIGATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROHABITAT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RICE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ARDEIDAE; AVES; GRUIDAE; LARIDAE;

EID: 78651475450     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.s109     Document Type: Article

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