Comparing the community composition of European and Eastern Chinese waterbirds and the influence of human factors on the China waterbird community

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Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-77

  De Boer, Willem F ^a   Cao, Lei ^b   Barter, Mark ^c   Wang, Xin ^b   Sun, Mengmeng ^b   Van Oeveren, Herman ^a   De Leeuw, Jan ^d   Barzen, Jeb ^e   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c International Institute for Geo Information Science and Earth Observation ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Body mass; Diet; Disturbance; GDP

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INSECTIVORE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PISCIVORE; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS;

CHINA;

ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 79551572723     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0088-2     Document Type: Article

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