Habitat preferences of Eurasian Bitterns Botaurus stellaris booming in ricefields: Implications for management

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 695-706

  Longoni, Violetta ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b   Ambrosini, Roberto ^c   Bogliani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ardeidae; Conservation; Farmland; Habitat suitability; Natural wetlands; Surrogate habitat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEIGHT; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION DECLINE; REEDBED; RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WADER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ITALY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARDEIDAE; BOTAURUS STELLARIS;

EID: 80052638033     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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