Stopping Winter Flooding of Rice Fields to Control Invasive Snails Has no Effect on Waterbird Abundance at the Landscape Scale

Stopping Winter Flooding of Rice Fields to Control Invasive Snails Has no Effect on Waterbird Abundance at the Landscape Scale

The invasive apple snail (Pomacea maculata) appeared in 2010 in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, an important area for rice production and waterbird conservation in the eastern Mediterranean. To control crop damage, farmers stopped flooding their rice fields in winter, an agri-environmental scheme (AES)...

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Main Authors: Rubén Bernardo-Madrid, Pablo Vera, Belinda Gallardo, Montserrat Vilà
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
agri-environmental schemes
Ebro Delta
invasive species management
Pomacea maculate
side effects
wetlands
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.688325/full

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