The habitat use and home range analysis of dunlin (calidris alpina) in chongming dongtan, china and their conservation implications

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-266

  Choi, Chiyeung ^a   Gan, Xiaojing ^b   Hua, Ning ^a   Wang, Yong ^b   Ma, Zhijun ^a,c  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Artificial wetland; East Asian Australasian flyway; Reclamation; Roost; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COASTAL WETLAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND RECLAMATION; TIDAL FLAT; WADER;

CHINA; CHONGMING DONGTAN NATURE RESERVE; SHANGHAI;

CALIDRIS ALPINA;

EID: 84899486096     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0450-9     Document Type: Article

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