Factors influencing the number of breeding water birds in Lake Engure, Latvia

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 127-137

  Viksne, Janis ^a   Janaus, Mara ^a   Mednis, Aivars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

anthropogenic food; Engure Ramsar site; human impacts; predation; vegetation succession; water birds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863318962     PISSN: 1407009X     EISSN: 2255890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10046-011-0028-y     Document Type: Article

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