Agroecosystems and conservation of migratory waterbirds: Importance of coastal pastures and factors influencing their use by wintering shorebirds

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1895-1907

  Navedo, Juan G ^a   Arranz, David ^b   Herrera, Alejandro G ^b   Salmón, Pablo ^b   Juanes, José A ^c   Masero, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Aves Cantábricas SL ^*  (Spain)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curlews; Disturbances; Godwits; Harvesting; Shellfishing; Supplementary foraging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MUDFLAT; PASTURE; WADER; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION; WINTER;

AVES; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA; NUMENIUS; NUMENIUS ARQUATA;

EID: 84881023547     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0516-2     Document Type: Article

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