Within-winter shifts in Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus distribution at East Dongting Lake, China

Ardea

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-11

  Cong, Peihao ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Cao, Lei ^a   Fox, Anthony D ^b  

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alopecurus aequalis; Carex heterolepis; Eleocharis migoana; Goose foraging

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIRD; FLOODPLAIN; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUDFLAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; HUNAN;

ALOPECURUS AEQUALIS; ANSER; ANSER ERYTHROPUS; CAREX HETEROLEPIS; ELEOCHARIS;

EID: 84862015363     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.100.0103     Document Type: Article

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