The breeding biology of Pygmy Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pygmeus), a vulnerable bird species, at Lake Kerkini, Northern Greece

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 1996, Pages 219-223

  Nazirides, Theodoros ^a   Papageorgiou, Nikolaos ^b  

^a Aristotelian Univ of Thessaloniki ^*

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breeding biology; Breeding success; Phalacrocorax pygmeus; Pygmy Cormorant; Reservoir; Vulnerable species

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX PYGMEUS;

EID: 9944220226     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521965     Document Type: Article

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