The future for research on waterbirds in rice fields

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue SPEC.ISSUE.1, 2010, Pages 231-243

  Elphick, Chris S ^a   Baicich, Paul ^b   Parsons, Katharine C ^b,c   Fasola, Mauro ^d   Mugica, Lourdes ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^d Dipartimento di Biologia Animale   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

agriculture; agronomy; artificial wetland; farmland bird; waterbird; wildlife

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRONOMY; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL REGION; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AVES;

EID: 78651479069     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.s117     Document Type: Article

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