Spatiotemporal dynamics of ecological variation of waterbird habitats in Dongtan area of Chongming Island

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 485-496

  Fan, Xuezhong ^a   Zhang, Liquan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Changjiang (Yangtze) River estuary; Chongming Island; habitat management; nature reserve; population dynamics; waterbird

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; ARDEIDAE; CHARADRIIDAE; LARIDAE; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER;

EID: 84864741175     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-012-1149-0     Document Type: Article

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