Distribution, ecology and threat status of the Aquatic warblers Acrocephalus paludicola wintering in West Africa

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2011, Pages

  Flade, Martin ^a   Diop, Ibrahima ^b   Haase, Martin ^c   Le Nevé, Arnaud ^d,e   Oppel, Teffen ^f   Tegetmeyer, Cosima ^c   Vogel, Anna ^c   Salewski, Volker ^g  

^a Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Brandenburg   (Germany)

^b Point Focal de la Réserve de Biosphère Transfrontiere du Delta du Fleuve Senegal   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d Société pour l'É tude et la Protection de la Nature en Bretagne SEPNB   (France)

^e Sandy ^*  (France)

^f RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Globally threatened species; Long distance migrants; Moulting sites; Senegal; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS PALUDICOLA; BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS MUTATA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS; SPOROBOLUS;

EID: 84894277393     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0666-5     Document Type: Article

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