Investigation of Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) breeding success in Hara Biosphere Reserve of Iran

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 301-307

  Neinavaz, Elnaz ^a   Karami, Mahmood ^b   Danehkar, Afshin ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biometry; Breeding; Breeding success; Egg volume; Egg weight; Egg width; Fledging; Great Egret; Hara Biosphere Reserve; Hatching; Iran

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BIOSPHERE RESERVE; BREEDING; BREEDING SUCCESS; EGG VOLUME; EGG WEIGHT; EGG WIDTH; FLEDGING; GREAT EGRET; HATCHING; IRAN;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; PLANNING;

BIOSPHERICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMETRY; BIOSPHERE; FLEDGING; FOOD SUPPLY; HATCHING; MANGROVE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMETRY; BREEDING SUCCESS; CASMERODIUS ALBUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLEDGLING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PROTECTED AREA; WADER;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; IRAN; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ZYGOTE;

IRAN;

ARDEA ALBA; AVES; CASMERODIUS ALBUS;

EID: 79960397028     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1737-4     Document Type: Article

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