Waterbird use of rice fields in Australia

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue SPEC.ISSUE.1, 2010, Pages 71-82

  Taylor, Iain R ^a   Schultz, Mike C ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands Trust   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; rice production; shorebirds; wading birds; waterbirds; waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; IRRIGATION; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWAMP; WADER; WATER DEPTH; WATERFOWL;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANATIDAE; AVES; BOTAURUS POICILOPTILUS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLEGADIS; PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS;

EID: 78651513488     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.s105     Document Type: Article

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