Protected wading bird species threaten relict centenarian cork oaks in a Mediterranean Biosphere Reserve: A conservation management conflict

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 764-771

  García, Luis V ^a   Ramo, Cristina ^b   Aponte, Cristina ^a   Moreno, Adela ^a   Domínguez, María T ^a,c   Gómez Aparicio, Lorena ^a   Redondo, Ramón ^d   Marañón, Teodoro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Colonial waterbirds; Do ana; Heronry; Indirect effects; Quercus suber; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NATURE RESERVE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE-OFF; WADER; WATER USE;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

AVES; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 79551503365     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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