The importance of artificial habitats to migratory waterbirds within a natural/artificial wetland mosaic, Yellow River Delta, China

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-198

  Li, Donglai ^a   Chen, Sihang ^a   Lloyd, Huw ^b   Zhu, Shuyu ^c   Shan, Kai ^c   Zhang, Zhengwang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve Management Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; WADER; WETLAND;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

AVES;

EID: 84878331121     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270913000099     Document Type: Article

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