Changes in rice cultivation affect population trends of herons and egrets in Italy

The breeding populations of colonial herons, egrets and allied waterbirds in Northwestern Italy increased since 1972, when a long-term monitoring was initiated, up to the end of the 20° century. Populations of continental importance for some heron species were concentrated mostly in the district of...

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Main Authors: Mauro Fasola, Elisa Cardarelli, Luigi Ranghetti, Eleonora Boncompagni, Daniele Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele Delle Monache, Michelangelo Morganti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989422001378