Changes in the distribution and abundance of wintering Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus in eastern China

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-134

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

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

ANHUI; CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; HUBEI; HUNAN; JIANGSU; JIANGXI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

ANSER; ANSER ERYTHROPUS;

EID: 84862018066     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095927091100030X     Document Type: Article

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