Experimental manipulation of water table and grazing pressure as a tool for developing and maintaining habitat diversity for waterbirds

Ardea

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-338

  Voslamber, Berend ^a,b   Vulink, J Theo ^a  

^a RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Habitat restoration; Marsh birds; Phragmites australis; Reed cover; Water table regimes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CATTLE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; HORSE; MARSH; NATURE RESERVE; REEDBED; SHALLOW WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WADER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE; WATERFOWL;

FLEVOLAND; NETHERLANDS; OOSTVAARDERSPLASSEN;

ANAS; ARDEIDAE; AVES; BOS; EQUIDAE; MERGELLUS; MERGELLUS ALBELLUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLATALEA LEUCORODIA; PODICIPEDIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 79751504998     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.098.0307     Document Type: Article

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