Breeding of large, water-associated, colonially nesting birds of the north-eastern region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 270-291

  Bowker, Meyrick B ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

breeding; colonial birds; Lake St Lucia; nest sites; Nsumo Pan; Nyamithi Pan

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

HLUHLUWE; KWAZULU-NATAL; LAKE SAINT LUCIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; EGRETTA ARDESIACA; LARUS CIRROCEPHALUS; MYCTERIA IBIS; PELECANUS RUFESCENS; PLATALEA ALBA; PLEGADIS; PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 84865743362     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0209     Document Type: Article

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